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A Skit and Slides Tells the Story of Bitter Migration, Lest Others Forget

A Skit and Slides Tells the Story of Bitter Migration, Lest Others Forget

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: Around the time the United States was struggling with the practice of slavery that brought about the Civil War in 1860, a new form of slavery – indentured labor – had established itself in British Guyana in South America. The abolition of slavery and emancipation on May 5, 1838 in the […]

A Renewal in Remembrances

A Renewal in Remembrances

By Ariti Jankie HOUSTON: Indo-Caribbean-Americans celebrated Indian Arrival Day for the second year in Houston on May 24 at Players Street Hindu Mandir. The flash of lightening as thunder rolled and the sky opened up from 6.00 a.m. failed to dampen spirits as participants got ready to begin their day of celebration with a 7.00 […]