Tag: Indian diaspora

My call last week for the May 5 Public Holiday - “Arrival Day” -  to be renamed “Indian Arrival Day”, elicited several objections. One interlocutor even claimed I was “unpatriotic”. ...

On Wednesday May 5, we will be commemorating “Indian Arrival Day” – which is still officially dubbed “Arrival Day”, supposedly because the government wants to acknowledge the contributions and impact ...

WORLD INDIAN DIASPORA CONFERENCE 2020 Celebration of the Formal Abolition of Indian Indentureship (1920) This paper will place Indian indentureship in its wider historical context as part of the historically ...

Now that the Trinidad and Tobago general election has been called for August 10, parties rushing to complete their manifestos should put in something for the half a million strong ...

The works of Nobel laureate, V.S. Naipaul were the subject of discussion at the on-line seminar organized by the Indian High Commission to mark the 175th Indian Arrival Day, May ...