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October 19, 2005

SAJA presents

West Indies Records

art photos with Caribbean roti at Arts India in Manhattan. Maybe they’ll spin some chutney.

Building Bridges - The Indo-Caribbean Diaspora

… a panel discussion about the culture of the Indian communities in Guyana, Trinidad, Suriname, New York City, and beyond. With photography, Caribbean food…

Rohit Jagessar, owner RBC Radio, historian, film director, “Guyana 1838”…
Ramin Ganeshram, journalists & author of “Sweet Hands: Island Cooking From Trinidad and Tobago”
Preston Merchant, documentary photographer
Annetta Seecharran, executive director, South Asian Youth Action! (SAYA!)
Karna Singh, director, Heritage & Preservation Program, Rajkumari Cultural Center
Darrel Sukdeo, freelance journalist (moderator)

Also check out this gallery of 45s sung by Indo-Guyanese musicians.

Tuesday, October 25, 2005, 6:30-8:00 pm, Arts India Gallery, 206 Fifth Avenue, 5th floor, New York, NY (between 25th & 26th Streets; R or W trains to 23rd St.); free, no RSVP

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POSTED BY manish @ 5:19 PM

4 comments

1 · DesiDudeInAustin on October 19, 2005 6:46 PM · Direct link

I have been trying to figure out the Carribeo-Hindi on that record.

I've deciphered the word Tumree so far. It is the same as Thumri, i imagine, which is a short Hindustani classical vocal composition usually on the themes of love and separation.

2 · RC on October 19, 2005 9:46 PM · Direct link

I had forgotten the name of the Guyanese movie with Kumar Gaurav in the lead role. I did the research and found it. It was GUIANA 1838 A story of Freedom strugle.

I wonder if this movie was ever released in the US.

3 · sarat on January 22, 2006 2:49 PM · Direct link

Yes, it was released in the US. A mediocre movie about a subject that had never been filmed before. One of the interesting things in the movie was that when the indentured laborers were first put on the plantations, the British plantation lords assumed they were just a new set of slaves there to replace the previous set of slaves. The abuses were so rampant that the indentured program had to be stopped for many years, and was resurrected later with new caveats and laws to treat the laborers as workers, not slaves.

4 · Guiana 1838 on November 30, 2006 8:47 PM · Direct link

ORDER MOVIE GUIANA 1838 DVD ONLINE
Log onto www.guiana1838.com
"On May 5th, 1838, Indians shipped away from India arrived in Guyana."
Now Purchase Major Motion Picture on DVD!!!
-GUIANA 1838-
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