INDIAN DIASPORA – TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
India and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago have enjoyed dynamic bilateral relations for more than a long time of 70 years since the foundation of the Indian Mission in…
Searching through the fog of history, this man helps Trinidad families trace their Indian roots Shamshu Deen turned his passion for genealogy into a challenging career that makes him and hundreds happy.
It’s 1 am in Trinidad and Shamshu Deen, a Trinidadian of Indian descent, is busy joining the missing links of a family tree. “I usually work late hours,” the 85-year-old…
And that is why a master genealogist in the Caribbean island is helping them trace their roots
When Kamla Persad Bissessar visited India as the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago in January 2012, there was something life-altering in store for her. In Bhelpur, a dusty remote…
The Indian Community in Trinidad: An Interview with Viranjini Munasinghe
Viranjini Munasinghe is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Asian American Studies at Cornell University. Her new book, Callaloo or Tossed Salad?: East Indians and the Cultural Politics of Identity in Trinidad (Cornell University…
The East Indians along with Black Afro-Caribbeans (“West Indians”), one of the two major ethnic groups in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname (Part- 1 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxFrQd6lVzA The “East Indians” of the Caribbean and Caribbean rim countries are the descendants of immigrants from the Indian sub-continent. Despite their name they are no relation to the indigenous…