CARIBBEAN INDIAN WRITERS

Indo-Caribbean Writers

The project aims to document Indo-Caribbean poets, writers and authors, as well as work about the Indo-Caribbeans.

Many oblique attempts have been made to marginalize Indians in Guyana and other Caribbean countries in terms of their contribution to the literary culture in this macro milieu.

Several times, prominent personalities have similarly made sniping remarks in the Caribbean with the same kind of snide message.

In a more covert manner in the USA, whether intentional or otherwise, organizations, radio, television and colleges are portraying the Caribbean people as Blacks with only an African culture.

Examples abound on the internet, television, Caribbean Classroom, Caribbean Dancehall, and others.

Within the Caribbean the others are being constantly bombarded with cultural indignity and identity insults brought about by being declared invisible people.

The perception that is inculcated is real, and denies the reality that the Caribbean is plural in make-up, having people who are Amerindians, Chinese, Portuguese, Whites, Indians and Mixed!

      While it is indeed true that Blacks predominate in the overall Caribbean landscape, it is however a fact that in Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad there is a majority of Indians in the population.

      For historical reason, obviously, Blacks got a head start in the education system, and eventually became the police, civil servants, teachers and professionals.

      But in the course of time, other peoples found niches within these spheres of activities.

      And this must be recognized as a matter of fact, rather than tangentially denied.

        As an example, in a review by Stewart Brown in the Globe and Mail of "All Are Involved: The Art of Martin Carter" many poets, writers, and authors from the Caribbean are listed, and only one Indian, David Dabydeen, is mentioned and given recognition.

        The others are :

        Aimé Césaire, Derek Walcott, Nicholas Guillen, John Agard, Kamau Brathwaite, Stewart Brown, Fred D'Aguiar, Kwame Dawes, Michael Gilkes, Wilson Harris, Roy Heath, Kendel Hippolyte, Louis James, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Eusi Kwayana, George Lamming, Ian McDonald, Mark McWatt, Mervyn Morris, Grace Nichols, Gordon Rohlehr, Andew Salkey.

        While these individuals are quite worthy, surely there should be at least gracious mention of the many other Caribbean personalities in literature.

        Are there no other Indians in the Caribbean?

        Is David Dabydeen the token Indian?

       Does the reviewer not know of the many Indians who are well recognized and documented in the field of literature?

       Something is amiss here!

      Thus it is that the compilation of the Indo-Caribbean writers is being motivated to draw attention, as one aspect of the Indo-Caribbean Arts & Culture Workshop Series, a collaboration between the Association of Artists & Writers, Inc. and The Rajkmuari Cultural Center, New York.

      The project aims to document Indo-Caribbean poets/writers/authors, as well as work about the Indo-Caribbeans.

      Articles in newspapers, magazines and learned journals are not considered at this time. Obviously, these will be too numerous!

      The list is not complete and will continue to be a work in progress. There are several shortcomings, namely, inaccuracy of publishers and dates of publication, but these will being regularly revised.

      Your input for updates are welcome.

      Thank you

      Gary Girdhari.
      http://tinyurl.com/jcc3f

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A TENTATIVE LIST of Indo-Caribbean Writers

      ADAMSON, A.H.
      Sugar without Slaves. The Political Economy of British Guiana, 1838-1904. New Haven & London: Yale Univ, 1972.

      ALI, Edwin: Guyana/America
      The Rise of the Phoenix in Guyana's Turbulent Politics. Printed in the USA. 1997

      ALI, Edwin: Guyana/America
      Muslims in America After the Catastrophic Tragedy of 9/11. Printed in the USA. 2002.

      ALI, Riad Trinidad & Tobago
      A Distant Amber. Self-published. Freeport, 1993.

      ARJUNE, Frank, Guyana/America
      The Guyana Exodus. Carlton Press, 1995

      AUTAR, Seori, Guyana/America, Poet and Writer

      BACCHUS, M. K.: Guyana/Canada
      Education for Development or Underdevelopment? Guyana's Educational System and its Implications for the Third World. Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. 1980.

      BAKSH, Ishmael Trinidad & Tobago
      Black Light. Self-published. Canada, 1989.

      BALDEOSINGH, Kevin Trinidad & Tobago, novelist, critic and Chief Judge of the Commonwealth Prize for Literature

     The Autobiography of Paras P.
      

     Paras P. is the most correct person in Trinidad & Tobago, shown by the popularity of his Centre of Correctness. This candid autobiography illustrates how Paras' whole life has been geared to being "proper," from early days learning the Queen's English to life as the most upright of politicians. Pity that Paras never noticed the laughter and ridicule permeating all the tapes he has of his doings... Full of wit and wisdom, The Autobiography of Paras P. is a tongue-in-cheek glimpse into the life of one man who honestly believes he is the last bastion of morality in Trinidad & Tobago. (Heinemann blurb) Oxford: Heinemann, 1996.

      BALKARAN, Lal, Guyana/Canada
      - Managerial Control Techniques. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants: London, 1989
      - Professional Accounting and Business Programmes: Effective Study and Examination Techniques. LBA Publications: Toronto, 1995, Revised 1999
      - Handbook of Global Professional Accounting Programmes. LBA Publications: Toronto, 1996
      - Directory of Global Professional Accounting and Business Certification Programmes. LBA Publications: Toronto, 1996, Revised 2001
      - Handbook of Global Professional Business Programmes. LBA Publications: Toronto, 1997
      - Accountants and Related Professionals; Reciprocal Memberships and Peer Acceptance. LBA Publications: Toronto, 1997
      - Through Faith & Luck: The Story of an East Indian Family in Guyana. LBA Publication: Toronto. 1999. www.lbapublications.com
      - Dictionary of the Guyanese Amerindians and other South American Native Terms. LBA Publications: Toronto, 2002
      - Bibliography of Guyana & Guyanese Writers, 1596-2004. LBA Publications, Toronto. 2004

      BEAUMONT, J
      The New Slavery: An Account of the Indian and Chinese Immigrants in British Guiana. London. 1897

      Bereton, Bridget and Winston Dookeran (ed.)
      East Indians in the Caribbean: Colonialism and the Struggle for Identity. Kraus, New York, 1982

      BHAGIRATHEE, Jang B. Trinidad & Tobago/America
      Let's Go Trinidad. A historical novel. New York. 2003

      BHAGWANDIN, Balwant, Guyana/America
      - Wild Flowers. IUniverse, Inc. 2001
      - I hear guyana cry. iUniverse. 2003

      BHAGWANDIN, Dhanraj, Guyana/America
      Georgetown Spies. Inside Pub. 1995

      BIRBALSINGH, Frank Guyana/Canada
      - Indo-West Indian Cricketers. Hansib. 1988. (with Clem Seecharran)
      - Passion and Exile: Essays in Caribbean Literature. [London: Hansib, 1988].
      - Jahaji Bhai - An anthology of Indo-Caribbean Literature. (Editor) Toronto: TSAR, 1988.
      -Indenture and Exile: The Indo-Caribbean Experience. (Editor) Toronto: TSAR, 1989.
      - Frontiers of Caribbean Literature in English. (Editor) New York: St. Martins Press. London: Macmillan Caribbean, 1996
      - Indo-Caribbean Resistance. TSAR. Toronto, 1993
      - Novels and the Nation: Essays in Canadian Literature. TSAR, Toronto, 1995
      - The Rise of West Indian Cricket: From Colony to Nation. Hansib, London, 1996
      - From Pillar to Post: the Indo-Caribbean Diaspora. Toronto: TSAR, 1997

      BISNAUTH, Dale, Guyana
      The Settlement of Indians in Guyana 1890-1930. Paperback (January 2001). Peepal Tree Pr Ltd; ISBN: 1900715163

      BISSOONDATH, Neil Trinidad & Tobago/Canada
      .Neil Bissoondath was born in Arima, Trinidad & Tobago, in 1955 and emigrated to Canada in 1973. He is the nephew of V.S. Naipaul and the late Shiva Naipaul.
      .Digging Up the Mountains. (Stories) Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1985. [New York] Viking [1986].
      .A Casual Brutality. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1988. London: Bloomsbury, 1988. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1989.
      .On the Eve of Uncertain Tomorrows. (Stories) Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1991.
      .The Innocence of Age. Toronto: Knopf, 1992.
      vSelling Illusions: The Cult of Multi-Culturalism in Canada. Toronto: Penguin, 1994.

      BISSUNDYAL, Churaumanie Guyana/America, Novelist, poet, playwright and critic; winner of the Vera Rubin Residency Award.
      Novels
      - Whom the Kiskadees Call. Leeds, Yorkshire: Peepal Tree, 1994.
      - Labaria Puraan, Paddy Sheaves Books. Georgetown. 1995.
      - The Game of Kassaku. GEICA. New York. 2002.
      - The Players of Kasaku. Unpublished.Completed. 2002. New York
      - The Drums of Kassaku. Unpublished. Completed. 2002. New York
      Poetry
      - Glorianna, Self Published. 1976
      - The Cleavage. Self Published. 1986
      - The Presence. A Roopnandan Singh Publication. Georgetown. 1997
      - The Ritual. Paddy Sheaves Books. New York. 2000
      - Lotus in the Mud. Paddy Sheaves Books. 2000
      Plays
      - Trick and The Rajah. Guyana. 1986
      - From Ganges to Demerary. Guyana. 1988.
      - Migrant Error. Guyana. 1989.
      - I is a Jumbie. Guyana. 1989
      - Mad No Hell. Guyana. 1990
      - Hello Eldorado. Guyana. 1990
      - Disco Dulahin. Guyana. 1990.
      - Brooklyn Raani. Guyana. 1990
      - From Palos to Guanahani. Guyana. 1991
      - The Ritual, Paddy Sheaves Books. New York. 2000

      BOODHOO, I.J. (Isaiah James) Trinidad & Tobago
      Between Two Seasons. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1994.

      Camacho-Gingerich,Alina (ed): USA
      Coping in America: The Case of Caribbean East Indians. GEICA, New York.2002

      Chinapen, Jacob W; Guyana, Guyanese poet
      Albion Wilds

      Clark, Colin
      East Indians in a West Indian Town, San Fernando, Trinidad 1930-1970. Allen and Unwin. London. 1986

      DABYDEEN, Cyril Guyana/Canada, poet and novelist since in the seventies; poet laureate at the University of Ottawa
      - Poems in Recession. 1972.
      - Distances. (Poems) [Vancouver] Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1977.
      - Goatsong. (Poems) Ontario: Mosaic Press/Valley Editions, 1977.
      - Heart's Frame. (Poems) 1977.
      - This Planet Earth. (Poems) 1979.
      - Still Close to the Island. (Poems & Stories) Ottawa: Commoner's Publishing, 1980.
      - Elephants Make Good Stepladders. (Poems) Ontario: Third Eye, 1982.
      - Islands Lovelier Than a Vision. (Poems) Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 1986.
      - Glass Forehead. Vesta Publications, 1987.
      - A Shapely Fire: Changing the Literary Landscape. Ontario: Mosaic Press, 1988.
      - To Monkey Jungle. (Short stories) Ontario: Third Eye, 1988.
      - Coastland. (Poems) 1989.
      - Dark Swirl. Leeds, Yorkshire: Peepal Tree Press, 1989.
      - The Wizard Swami. Leeds, Yorkshire: Peepal Tree Press, 1989.
      - Jogging in Havana. (Short stories) Ontario: Mosaic Press, 1992.
      - Sometimes Hard. London: Longman, 1994.
      - Born in Amazonia. (Poems) Ontario: Mosaic Press, 1995.
      - Berbice Crossing and Other Stories. Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 1996.
      - Stoning the Wind. (Poems) Toronto: TSAR, ????.
      - Black Jesus and Other Stories. Toronto: TSAR, 1996. Inbook, 1997. (Paperback)
      - My Brahmin Days and Other Stories. Toronto: TSAR, 2000.
      - North of the Equator. Beach Holme Pub. 2001
      - DRUMS OF MY FLESH. TSAR Publications. 2005

      DABYDEEN, David Guyana, poet and novelist; winner of the Commonwealth Prize for Literature; winner of the Guyana Prize for Literature
      - Slave Song. (Poems) Dangaroo Press, 1984.
      - Coolie Odyssey. (Poems) Hansib, London. 1988
      - Handbook for Teaching Caribbean Literature. Heinemann, 1988.
      - A Reader's Guide to West Indian and Black British Literature. Hansib, ???? Dangaroo Press, ????
      - The Intended. (Novel) London: Secker & Warberg, 1991.
      - Disappearance. London: Secker & Warberg, 1993.
      - The Counting House. London: Secker & Warburg, 1996.

      DABYDEEN, David and Brinsley SAMAROO (ed.)
      Across the Dark Waters. Ethnicity and Indian Identity in the Caribbean. London: Macmillan Caribbean, 1996

      DABYDEEN, David and SAMAROO, B. (eds), Guyana & Trinidad
      Indian in the Caribbean. Hansib. London. 1987

      DABYDEEN, Sally Ramage, Guyana/UK
      - UK Steel Industry & International Trade (2004), iUniverse Publishers.
      - Civil Liberties in England and Wales (2004), iUniverse Publishers.
      - Legal and Regulatory Framework for Business in the UK (2004), iUniverse Publishers.
      - An Introduction to Intellectual Property (2004), iUniverse Publishers.

      DAS, Mahadai: Guyana, poet since in the seventies

      DEODANDAN, Raywat: fiction writer, winner of the guyana prize for literature

      DEPOO, T. (Ed): Guyana
      The East Indian Diaspora. New York. 1993

      DONNELL, Alison
      Twentieth-Century Caribbean Literature. Routledge. 2006

      DOODNATH, Samuel, Trinidad & Tobago
      - From India to Trinidad & Tobago: Asha kidnapped. Self-published. San Fernando, 1987.
      - Santiago and Kumar: first love fulfilled. Self-published. Siparia, 1989.

      DYAL, Karr, Guyana/America
      Sculptures, Paintings and Drawings. 2000

      EHRLICH, Allen S.
      East Indian cane Workers in Jamaica. PhD Thesis. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor. 1970

      ESPINET, Ramabai, Trinidad & Tobago/Canada
      The Swinging Bridge. A Novel. Harper/Phyllis Bruce Book. 2003

      GIBSON, Kean, Guyana
      The Cycle of Racial Oppression in Guyana. Univ. Press of America. 2003

      GIRDHARI, Gary: Guyana, writer and poet
      - Guyana Journal, since 1996 (editor & publisher). New York
      - Education in Guyana with special reference to Science and technology, University of Guyana. 1977
      - Reflections: On Politics, Human Conditions and Good Memories, 1998. New York

      GIRDHARRY, Arnold R: Guyana/America
      1. The Geometry of Marriage in Henry James. Ann Arbour: UMI, 1982.
      2. Marriage for Sale: Three One-Act Plays. New York: Geneva Book, 1984.
      3. Poetry of Psycho-realism. Notre Dame: Foundations, 1984
      4. Country of New England:  A  Collection of Poems. Bristol, IN: Bristol Banner Books, 1991.
      5. The Wounds of Naipaul and the Women of India. Acton, MA: Copley, 2003
      6. An Anthology of Caribbean Literature. Acton, MA: Copley, 2003
      7. Anthology of Caribbean Literature. Second Edition. Acton, MA: Copley, 2006
      8. The Indian and Indo-Guyanese Diaspora: A British Default. Acton, MA: Copley, 2006.

      GOPAL, Madan M., Guyana
      Politics, Race, and Youth in Guyana. Edwin Mellen Press. 1992.

      GOPAUL, Nanda, Guyana
      Resistance and Change. The Struggle of Guyanese Workers (1961-1991) with Emphasis on the Sugar Industry. 1997.
      Inside News Publications Inc., NY.

      GOSINE, Mahin: Trinidad & Tobago/America
      - East Indians and Black Power in the Caribbean: The Case of Trinidad. Africana Research Press, 1986
      - Caribbean East Indians in America: Assimilation, Adaptation and group Experience. New York: Windsor Press. 1990
      - The Coolie Connection (Ed). From the Orient to the Occident. (Ed). Windsor Press. 1992
      - The East Indian Odyssey: Dilemma of a Migrant People. (Ed). Windsor Press. 1994
      - Sojourners to Settlers: Indian Immigrants in the Caribbean and the Americas (with Dhanpaul Narine, eds)

      GOSINE, Mahin, MALIK, Dipak and MAHABIR, Kumar: Trinidad & Tobago/America
      The Legacy of Indian Indenture: 150 Years of East Indians of Trinidad. 1995. 267 pp. ISBN 0-9689-818-74
      This book consists of a wide range of papers on the East Indian presence in Trinidad and to some extant Guyana from a sociological, political, historical and anthropological perspective. The themes include migration, the influence of Madan Mohan Malaviya, Mahatma Gandhi and Cheddi Jagan, Political Pluralism, Hindi, Women Laborers, Indian Culinary Dishes and the Indian use of Marijuana.

      GOSINE, V. Ramsamooj: Trinidad & Tobago
      The Coming of Lights. Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 1992.

      GYANCHAN, Rayman: Guyana, poet

      HARRIS Wilson

      HASSAN, Dolly Z.: Guyana/America
      V.S. Naipaul and the West Indies

      Hollett, David
      Passage from India to El Dorado : Guyana and the Great Migration. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. December 1999. ISBN: 0838638198

      HOSEIN, Clyde: Trinidad & Tobago
      The Killing of Nelson John and Other Stories. London, Ontario: London Magazine Editions, 1980

      ISHMAEL, Odeen Guyana/America
      - Problems of the Transition of Education in the Third World - The case of Guyana, UMI, Ann Arbor. 1990.
      - Towards Education Reform in Guyana, New Guyana Co., Georgetown, 1993
      - Amerindian Legends of Guyana. Wisconsin: Artex Publishing, 1995.

      ITWARU, Arnold: Guyana/Canada
      Shanti. London: Peepal Tree Press, 1988.

      JAGAN, Cheddi: Guyana
      - The West on Trial. Michael Joseph, 1966 et seq
      - Forbidden Freedom. Hansib, 1954, 1994
      - Race, Class and Nationhood. 1991 (with Moses Nagamootoo)
      - The USA in South America. Hansib. 1998. (Edited by David Dabydeen)
      - The Caribbean: Whose backyard
      - The Caribbean Revolution
      - A New Global Human Order. 2001· Harpy. ISBN 0-9684059-2-4

      JAGAN, Janet: Guyana
      - When Grandpa Cheddi Was a Boy. Leeds: Peepal Tree, 1993.
      - Patricia the Baby Manatee and Other Stories. Leeds: Peepal Tree, 1995.

      JAGAN-BRANCIER, Nadira: Guyana/Canada
      Cheddi Jagan - My Fight For Guyana's Freedom - with reflections on my father

      JAILALL, Peter: Guyana/Canada, a leading Guyanese poet since in the seventies
      - This Healing Place and Other Poems. Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc. 1993
      - Yet Another Home. Toronto: Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc. 1997
      - When September Comes. Natural Heritage. Toronto. 2003

      JENKINS, E.J.:
      The Coolie: His Rights and Wrongs. London. 1871

      KAHALIDEEN, Rosetta: leading Guyanese poet since in the sixties

      KALLICHARRAN, Laxhmie: Guyana, poet, writer
      Hear the Gungrus Sing. Shraadanjali Pub. 1992

      KANHAI, Cyrill: Guyana, leading Guyanese poet since in the fifties.

      KANHAI, Rohan: Guyana/UK
      Blasting for Runs. London: Souvenir Press, 1966.

      KARRAN, Kampta: Guyana, poet, literary critic in the Caribbean

      KEMPADOO, Oonya: Guyana
      Oonya Kempadoo was born in England of Guyanese parents in 1966. She was brought up in Guyana. She has lived in Europe and various islands of the Caribbean. At the time Buxton Spice was published, she was living in Grenada.
      Buxton Spice. London: Phoenix House [1998]. New York: Dutton, 1999.

      KEMPADOO, Peter [pseudonym Lauchmonen]: Guyana
      - Guiana Boy. Crawley: New Literature (Publishing) Ltd., 1960.
      - Old Thom's Harvest. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1965.

      KHAN, Ismith: Trinidad & Tobago
      - The Jumbie Bird. London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1961. London: Longman, 1974. 1985.
      - The Obeah Man. London: Hutchinson, 1964. Toronto: TSAR, 1995.
      - The Crucifixion. Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 1987.
      - A Day in the Country and Other Stories. Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 1994.

      KHEMRAJ, Harischandra: Guyana, winner of the Guyana prize for Literature
      Cosmic Dance. Leeds: Peepal Tree, 1994.

      KISSOON, Freddie: Trinidad, playwright since in the sixties

      KLASS, Morton: America
      - East Indians in Trinidad: A study of cultural persistence. New York: Columbia. 1961
      - East Indians in Trinidad. Illinois: Waveland Press. 1988

      KUMAR, Kesh: Guyana/Canada
      the face that smiles and other poems

      LA GUERRE, John Gaffar: Trinidad & Tobago
      - Calcutta to Caroni: The East Indians of Trinidad. New York: Longman. 1974
      - Basdeo Panday: A Political Biography. 2000. ii +272 pp. ISBN 976-8160-82-9
      This study focuses on the early socializing influences on Basdeo Panday, his decision to turn his back on the prospect of an academic career, his plunge into working class politics, and the vicissitudes of his role as a Leader of the Opposition under a Westminster model of government. It also focuses on his various attempts to navigate the ethnic trenches and his ascension to power in 1995 as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

      LADOO, Harold Sonny: Trinidad & Tobago
      Harold Sonny Ladoo was born and brought up in Trinidad & Tobago. He emigrated to Canada where he first published No Pain Like This Body. He died in 1973.
      - No Pain Like This Body.
      Set in a Hindu community in the eastern Caribbean, No Pain Like This Body describes in vivid, unsentimental prose the life of a poor rice-growing family. Their struggle to cope with illness, a drunken and unpredictable father, and the violence of the elements is set against a sharply drawn village community. (Heinemann blurb)
      Toronto: Anansi, 1972.London: Heinemann, 1987.
      - Yesterdays. Toronto: Anansi, 1974.

      Lawrence, K. O. & K. O. Laurence
      A Question of Labour: Indentured Immigration into Trinidad and British Guiana 1875-1917. Palgrave. May 1994.

      MAHABIR, Dennis J.: Trinidad & Tobago
      The Cutlass is not for Killing. New York: Vantage, 1971.

      MAHABIR, Kumar: Trinidad & Tobago
      The Still Cry: Personal Account of the East Indians in Trinidad and Tobago during Indentureship (1845-1917). 1985. 191 pp ISBN 0-91166-03-5. Calaloux Publications. Distributed locally by Chakra.

      The reports of five, surviving ex-indentured immigrant laborers are recorded verbatim to read like an epic poem. A woman, a Madras emigrant, a Muslim, a Brahmin and a cocoa/rubber estate worker narrate the conditions of life in village India when they left, the trauma of crossing the Kala Pani (Black Water), and the experience of adjusting to a new life among strangers under a driver and overseer on the plantation ranges of the New World.

      Medicinal and Edible Plants used by East Indians of Trinidad and Tobago, Chakra Pub. House.1991, 2000. Thin book contains valuable information on sixty-five local plants, each of which is described and given a botanical name. Their medicinal uses include arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure, headaches, strokes, impotence, sterility, ulcers and skin infections.

      East Indian Women of Trinidad and Tobago: An Annotated Bibliography with Photographs and Ephemera. Chakra Pub. House. 1992. vi + 846 pp. ISBN 976-8012-78-5. This book is lb. first in the Caribbean, which provides information on 236 successful Indian women. 130 carefully chosen photographs, some of which are in color, accompany the 218 annotated references.

      Caribbean East Indian Recipes. Chakra. 1992. Reprinted 2001. 129 pp. ISBN 976-8012-75-7

      This cookbook represents a comprehensive collection of over 70 traditional vegetarian recipes. They have been handed down by indentured immigrants from India by word-of-mouth and practical example for over four generations. From delightful snacks to dinner-party specials - each recipe has been kitchen-tested and, therefore, meets a high standard of accuracy. Some of the dishes are beautifully illustrated in color to tempt your appetite

      MAHABIR, Kumar and MAHABIR, Sita: Trinidad & Tobago
      A Dictionary of Caribbean Trinidad Hindi. 1990. Third Impression 44 pp. Chakra Pub. House.

      This illustrated dictionary contains more than 1200 Indo/Hindi items, which were in common usage in the plural society of Trinidad and Tobago at the time of collection. The items had entered the Trinidad Creole by the process of cultural diffusion.

      MAHARAJ, Ashram B.: Trinidad & Tobago
      Indo-Trinidad & Tobagoian Folk Tales in the Oral Tradition. Beucarro, Trinidad & Tobago: Indian Review Committee, 1990.

      MAHARAJ, Clement: Trinidad & Tobago, died in 1995
      The Dispossessed.
      This first novel grew from the world of indentured sugar plantation workers. Arriving from India in 1917, their labor and the labor of future generations made their island rich but left them poor, far from home, and despised by native islanders. From the guaranteed work on the estates, the laborers were forced to move on, to survive in a hostile world not knowing where the next day's bread would come from. This is the story of their lives, their resilience and their ultimate survival. (Publisher's blurb) Oxford: Heinemann, 1992.

      MAHARAJ, Devant Parsuram: Trinidad & Tobago, Writer and Author. Social, Religious, Political, and Cultural columnist

      Hostile & Recalcitrant: Bhadase Sagan Maharaj. Maha Sabha Publications. 2001. (edited with Ramlakhan, Rajnie and Maharaj, Pundit Bhadase Seetahal.). The Biography and Selected Parliamentary Speeches of the earliest Indian and Hindu Leader in Modern Trinidad & Tobago.

      Tulsi Das 500th Anniversary: A review of Sant Tulsi Das and the impact of the Ramayana in Hindu Trinidad.

      MAHARAJ, Rabindranath: Trinidad & Tobago
      The Writer and his Wife and Other Stories. Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 1996.
      'Interloper" was shortlisted in the Commonwealth Prize for Literature
      The Lagahoo's Apprentice. Alfred Kpnoff

      MAHESH, Robert: Guyana/America. Author and Poet
      A Pilgrimage to the Place of His Birth in Guyana. 1994

      MALIK, Yogendra: Trinidad & Tobago
      East Indians in Trinidad: A study of minority politics. London and New York: Oxford University Press. 1971

      MANGRU, Basdeo: Guyana
      - Benevolent Neutrality: Indian Government Policy and Labour Migration to British Guiana 1854-1884. Hansib, 1987.
      - Indenture and Abolition: sacrifice and survival on the Guyanese sugar plantations. Toronto: TSAR. 1993
      - A History of East Indian Resistance on the Guyana Sugar Estates, 1869-1948. Edwin Mellen Press New York. 1996
      - Indians in Guyana: A Concise history. Adams Press, 1999, 2000
      - The Elusive El Dorado. Essays on the Indian Experience in Guyana. Univer Press of America. 2005

      MANOO-RAHMING, Leewattee: Trinidad & Tobago
      Curry Flavor

      MANUEL, Peter Lamarche: America
      East Indian Music in the West Indies: Tan-Singing, Chutney, and the Making of Indo-Caribbean Culture with CD (Audio). Temple University Press

      MISIR, Prem: Guyana/America
      - Workers' Participation in Management: Case of Nationalized Enterprises in Guyana, 2nd Ed. New Delhi, India: reliance Publishing House. 1995
      - Leadership Behavior and the Compliance Structure in Education: A Sociological Study of Ideology and Social Change in Guyana. Caribbean Diaspora Press, Inc. 1998
      - Ethnic Cleavage and Closure in the Caribbean Diaspora. Caribbean Diaspora Press, Inc

      MOHAMED, Nazer: Trinidad & Tobago
      The End is Not Yet. Self-published. Curepe, 1985.

      MOHAMMED, Sharlow: Trinidad & Tobago
      - Apartheid Love. Trinidad & Tobago, 1982.
      - Requiem For A Village. Trinidad & Tobago, 1982.
      - The Elect. Leeds, Yorkshire: Peepal Tree Press, 1992.

      MONAR, Rooplall: Guyana, winner of the Guyana Prize for literature
      - Backdam People. Leeds, Yorkshire: Peepal Tree Press, 1987.
      - Janjhat. Leeds, Yorkshire: Peepal Tree Press, 1989.
      - High House and Radio. Leeds, Yorkshire: Peepal Tree Press, 1992.
      - Estate People. Guyana: Roraima, 1994.

      MOORE, Dennison: Trinidad & Tobago
      Origins and Development of Racial Ideology In Trinidad: The Black View of the East Indian
      1995. Chakra. 880 pp. ISBN 971-8052-26-0
      Racism bedevils most societies in the world today. The book explores the Marxist perspective in the Capitalist mode of production and the role of the Church in the development of Racial Ideology in Trinidad. The methodology used provides an example for the study of racial ideology in other countries of the world.

      MOOTOO, Shani:
      Out on Main Street and Other Stories. Vancouver,B.C.: Press Gang Publishers, 1993.

      MOTEELALL, Taij Kumarie: Guyana/America, poet

      MUNIRAM, Hemraj: Guyana, fiction writer

      NAGAMOOTOO, Moses: Guyana, novelist, poet and journalist
      - Hendree's Cure: Scenes from Madrasi Life in a New World. Peepal Tree Press (UK), 2000.
      - Anthology of Revolutionary Poems. (Edited) New Guyana Co. Ltd. 1976
      - The Three Trials of Arnold Rampersaud: a true story narrative. New Guyana Co. Ltd. 1978
      - Race, Class and Nationhood (with Cheddi Jagan). New Guyana Co. Ltd. 1991
      - Fraud (a Synopsis of Guyana's 1980 Elections). New Guyana Co. Ltd. 1980
      - Paramountcy over the Media in Guyana. New Guyana Co. Ltd. 1992
      - The Way Forward - Towards a Political Solution In Guyana. New Guyana Co. Ltd. 1998

      NAIDU, Janet A.: Guyana/Canada, poet since in the seventies
      - Winged Heart. Greenheart. 1999
      - Rainwater. Greenheart. 2005

      NAIPAUL, Balkrishna: Trinidad & Tobago/Toronto
      - Anc On The Horizo, 501 pages. Xlibris.2002.
      - Legends of the Emperor's Ring, 503 pages. Xlibris. 2003.

      NAIPAUL, Seepersad: Trinidad & Tobago
      Gurudeva and Other Indian Tales. Trinidad & Tobago: Privately printed, 1943. London: André Deutsch, 1976.

      NAIPAUL, Shiva: Trinidad & Tobago
      - Fireflies. London: André Deutsch, 1970.
      - The Chip-Chip Gatherers. London: André Deutsch, 1973.
      - Love and Death in a Hot Country. New York: Viking, 1983.
      - North of South. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1983.
      - Beyond the Dragon's Mouth: Stories and Pieces. 1984
      - An Unfinished Journey. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986.

      NAIPAUL, V.S.: Trinidad & Tobago, winner of the Nobel Prize
      - The Mystic Masseur.
      This is the story of Ganesh Ramsumair's success: of how, if he had not been so unappreciated as a teacher he would never become a masseur; of how, if he had not lacked talent as an ordinary masseur he would never have blossomed into a mystic one. Such a topsy-turvy success story could only have taken place in Trinidad & Tobago. (Heinemann blurb) London: André Deutsch, 1957. London: Hinemann, 1971.
      - The Suffrage of Elvira. London: André Deutsch, 1958.
      Miguel Street. The author's first book, but third published. A collection of stories. London: André Deutsch, 1959. London: Hinemann, 1974.
      - A House for Mr. Biswas. London: André Deutsch, 1961.
      - Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion. London: André Deutsch, 1963.
      - The Mimic Men. London: André Deutsch, 1967.
      - A Flag on the Island. London: André Deutsch, 1967.
      - The Loss of El Dorado. 1969
      - In a Free State. London: André Deutsch, 1971.
      - Guerrillas. London: André Deutsch, 1975.
      - A Bend in the River. London: André Deutsch, 1979.
      - The Enigma of Arrival. London: André Deutsch, 1987.
      - A Way in the World. New York: Vintage Books, 1995.

      NANCOO, Stephen E., Robert S. Nancoo and Stephen N. Nancoo: Guyana/Canada
      Indo Caribbean Canadians, Who's Who, Profiles of Achievements. Canadian Educators' Press, 100 City Centre Drive, Box 2094, Mississauga, Ontario Canada, L5B 3C6.

      NARAIN, Denise Decaires (Editor): Trinidad & Tobago
      Contemporary Caribbean Women's Poetry: Making Style (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures). Library Binding - 272 pages (December 28, 2001). Routledge; ISBN: 0415218128

      NARAYAN, Ongkar: Guyana/Canada
      Welcome to a New Guyana. Keysha Publishers. Canada.1996

      NARINE, Dhanpaul: Guyana/America
      Sojourners to Settlers: Indian Immigrants in the Caribbean and the Americas (Ed, with Mahine Gosine)

      NARAIN, Harry:
      Grass-Root People. Cuba: Casa de las Americas, 1981.

      NARINE, Harricharan: Trinidad & Tobago
      Days Gone By. Self-published. Mayaro. 1975.

      NATH, Dwarka: Guyana
      A History of Indians in Guyana. Self-published, London: Nelson. 1950

      ORIE, Siddhartha L: Trinidad, travel writer
      Guyana: A Tour Guide. Trinidad & New York. 1993

      PERSAUD, Harry McD.: Guyana/America
      Collection of Short Stories (Amerindians and Travel)

      PERSAUD, Joseph S.: Guyana/America
      Across Three Continents. An Indo-Guyanese Family Experience. Palm Tree Enterprises Publisher. 2002

      PERSAUD, Krishna: Guyana, poet since in the sixties

      PERSAUD, Lakshmi: Trinidad & Tobago/UK
      - Butterfly in the Wind. Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 1990.
      - Sastra. Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 1993.
      - Raise The Lanterns High. Black Amber Book 2004

      PERSAUD, Parbattie: Guyana, poet since in the seventies

      PERSAUD, Randolph B., Guyana/America
      Counter Hegemony and Foreign Policy. State University of New York Press. 2001. 273pp.

      PERSAUD, Sasenarine: Guyana/Canada/USA
      - Dear Death. Leeds, Yorkshire: Peepal Tree Press, 1989.
      - The Ghost of Bellows Man. Leeds, Yorkshire: Peepal Tree Press, 1992.
      - A Surf of Sparrows' Songs : A Poemanjali. Toronto: Tsar Publications, 1997.
      - Canada Geese and Apple Chatney (Stories). Toronto: TSAR, 1998.
      - The Hungry Sailor. TSAR Press, Toronto, Canada. 2000.

      PERSAUD Thakoor: Guyana
      Conflicts Between Multinational Corporations and Less Developed Countries: The Case of Bauxite Mining in the Caribbean With Special Reference to Guyana. Hardcover. June 1980. Ayer Co Pub; ISBN: 0405133782

      PREMDAS, Ralph R.: Guyana
      Ethnic Conflict & Development: The Case of Guyana

      RAMAGE (Dabydeen), Sally: Guyana/UK
      An Introduction to Intellectual Property. iUniverse. 2004
      Legal and Regulatory Framework: For Business in the UK. iUniverse. 2004
      Fraud - The Company Law Background. iUniverse. 2006

      RAMESSAR, Marianne S
      Survivors of another Crossing: A History of East Indians in Trinidad, 1880-1946. MacMillan, London, 1996

      RAMHARACK, Baytoram (ed): Guyana/America
      Centenary Celebration of the Arrival of Indians to British Guiana (1838-1938). By The British Guiana East Indian Association (BGEIA). Chakra Publishing House. 2001
      AGAINST THE GRAIN: Balram Singh Rai and the Politics of Guyana. Chakra Publishing House. 2005

      RAMHARACK, Roopram: Guyana/America
      Growing up Guyanese. 1994

      RAMCHAND Kenneth: Trinidad & Tobago
      - An introduction to the study of West Indian literature. 183 pages. Nelson Caribbean; ISBN: 0175660581
      - Critical Perspectives on Wilson Harris. Hardcover (June 1986). Passeggiata Press; ISBN: 0914478974
      - The West Indian novel and its background. 295 pages. Faber; ISBN: 0571088252; Heinemann; ISBN: 0435986651

      RAMKEESOON, Peter: Trinidad & Tobago
      Sunday Morning Coming Down. Port-of-Spain: Scope Publishing, 1975. Trinidad & Tobago: L.A Toby and Scope, 1991.

      RAMNARINE, Devanand: Guyana/Canada/America
      - The Political Economy of the US Caribbean Basin Recovery Act (1984). Queen's university at Kingston: Donor Canadian Foundation .Project on Sovereignty and Security, 1989, 95pp.
      - The Politics of the US Congressional Approval Process in the Passage of the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Queen's university at Kingston: .Donor Canadian Foundation Project on Sovereignty and Security, 1989, 66pp.
      - Toward a New beginning: Report of the Four-Level Government Inquiry into the Condition of racial Minorities in Toronto. Co-authored by 8-member committee, 1993. 125pp.

      RAMPHAL, John Kuar Persaud: Guyana/USA
      V.S. Naipaul's Empty Chapel. Sugarcane Publishing/XLibris. 2003

      RAMRAJ, Robert: Guyana/America
      GUYANA. Population, Environments, Economic Activities. Printed in the USA. 2003

      RAMSARAN, W: Trinidad/Canada
      - Novel: THE SURROGATE, published by Vantage Press, Inc. New York 1986. ISBN 0-533-0-6097-4
      - Non-fiction: THE WORLD INSIDE, published by the Author 2002. ISBN 09730557-0-07 Printed in Canada by Aditek Design and Printing.
      - A book of Poems: A WELLSPRING OF POEMS, published by the Author 2002. ISBN 0-9730557-1-5 Printed in Canada by Aditek Design and Printing.
      - Non Fiction: A THOUSAND ARGUMENTS, published by the Author 2002. ISBN 0-9730557-2-3 Printed in Canada by Aditek Design and Printing.
      - Novel: EMBRYO CHILD, published by the Author 2003. ISBN 9730557-3-1 Printed in Canada by Aditek Design and Printing.
      - Novel: THE SPIRIT OF CHARLIE, published by the Author 2003. ISBN 0-9730557-4-X Printed in Canada by Aditek Design and Printing.
      - Novel: DARK WATERS, published by the Author 2004. ISBN 0-9730557-5-8

      RAUF, Mohammad A.: Guyana
      Indian Village in Guyana: A Study of Cultural Change and Ethnic Identity

      RUHOMAN, Peter: (ed) Guyana
      Centenary History of the East Indians in British Guiana 1838-1938. East Indian 150th Anniversary Committee. 1988

      SADEEK, Sheik: Guyana
      - Song of the Sugarcanes. Guyana: Privately printed, 1975.
      - The Malali Makers. Guyana: Privately printed, 1979.

      SALLUHUDDIN: Guyana/America
      - Guyana: The Struggle for Liberation 1945-1992. Guyana. Georgetown, 1994
      - Labour at the Crossroads. New Guyana Company. 1992.

      SAMAROO, Brinsley et al. (ed.)
      In Celebration of 150 years of the Indian Contribution to Trinidad and Tobago. Arima, Trinidad, 1995

      SAMPATH Nelson, Emmanuel (ed.)
      The Literature of the Indian Diaspora. Greenwood Press, Connecticut. 1992.

      SEECHARAN, Clem: Guyana/UK
      - Tiger in the Stars: The anatomy of Indian achievement in British Guiana, 1919-1929. London: Macmillan. 1997
      - Indian and the Shaping of the Indo-Guyanese Imagination, 1890s-1920s. Leeds: Peepal tree. 1993
      - Bechu: 'bound coolie' radical in British Guiana, 1894-1901, with an introductory essay by Basdeo Mangru. University of the West Indies Press, Kingston, Jamaica. 1999.
      - Indo-West Indian Cricketers. Hansib. 1988. (with Frank Birbalsingh)
      - Joseph Ruhomon's India: The Progress of her people at home and abroad, and how those in British Guiana may improve themselves. (Ed) University of the West Indies Press, Trinidad. 2001
     - ... Sweetening "Bitter Sugar": Jock Campbell's British Guiana, 1934-1966. (In press).

      SELVON, Samuel: Trinidad & Tobago (1924-1994)
      - A Brighter Sun. London: Allan Wingate, 1952. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1985.
      - An Island is a World. London: Allan Wingate, 1955. Toronto: TSAR, 1993. London: TSAR, 1994.
      - The Lonely Londoners. London: Allan Wingate, 1956. Toronto: TSAR, 1991.
      - Ways of Sunlight. London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1957. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1985.
      - Turn Again Tiger. London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1958. London: Heinemann, 1979.
      -  Hear Thunder. London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1963.
      - The Housing Lark. London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1965.
      - A Drink of Water. London: Nelson, 1968.
      - The Plains of Caroni. London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1970. Toronto: Williams-Wallace Publishers, 1985.
      - Those Who Eat the Cascadura. London: Davis-Poynter, 1972. Toronto: TSAR, 1990.
      - Moses Ascending. The second of Selvon's novels about West Indians in Britain, this is the entertaining sequel to The Lonely Londoners. (Heinemann blurb) London: Davis-Poynter, 1975. London: Heinemann, 1984.
      - Moses Migrating. London: Longman, 1983. Essex: Longman Drumbeat, 1983.
      [Washington, DC] Three Continents Press [1992]. (Hardcover and trade paperback). Includes a new preface by the author.
      - Highway in the Sun. (Plays) ????.
      - Eldorado West One. (Plays) Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 1988.
      - Foreday Morning: Selected Prose (1946-1986). [Essex] Longman [1989].

      SHARMA, PD: Guyana

      SHEWCHARAN, Narmala: Guyana
      Tomorrow is Another Day. Leeds: Peepal Tree, 1994.

      SIEWAH, Samaroo (ed): Trinidad & Tobago
      Lotus and the Dagger: The Capildeo Speeches (1957-1994). Foreword by Dr John La Guerre
      1994. Chakra. 800 pp. ISBN 970-8186-20-0
      This volume carries 45 speeches of Simbhoonath Capildeo, Dr Rudranath Capildeo, former Members of Parliament and Senator Surendranath Capildeo. Interviews with contemporaries of the Capildeo complement the volume. It is illustrated with an elaborate appendix.

      SIEWAH, Samaroo and ARJOONSINGH, Sattie (Eds): Trinidad & Tobago
      Basdeo Panday: The Making of a Prime Minister. Selected Speeches (1976-1996)
      Foreword by Daurius Figueira. Introduction by Dennis Brown. 1996. Chakra. 700 pp.
      The compilation on Mr. Panday covers the period 1976-1995 as Parliamentary Opposition Leader and 1996 - as Prime Minister. Among the themes included are Politics in a Multi-Ethnic Democracy, Regional and International Relations, Multiculturalism sad the Mass Media.

      SIEWAH Samaroo and MOONILAL Roodal (Eds): Trinidad & Tobago
      Basdeo Panday: An Enigma Answered. A First Volume of Speeches. Foreword by Dr. John La Guerre.
      1991. Second Impression. Chakra. 560 pp. ISBN 976-8001-78-I
      This volume contains 58 speeches spanning the period 1966-~991. It is classified under themes such as Economies, Constitutionalism, Caribbean Integration, Ideological Pluralism, Race Relations, Trade Unionism and Politics. Photographs and cartoons as well as newspaper clipping accompany the text.

      SIEWAH, Samaroo and RAMPERSAD-NARINESINGH, Indira (Eds): Trinidad & Tobago
      Basdeo Panday: Man in the Middle. A Second Volume of Speeches. Foreword by Dr. Dennison Moore, Queen's University, Canada. 1996. Chakra. 980 pp. ISBN 976-8102-83-8
      Thin companion volume contains 62 speeches form 1972-1995. Some of the themes include Youth and Women, Mass Media1 Caribbean Heroes and Heroines, Education, Economies, Law and Society.

      SILVERMAN, Marilyn
      Rich People and Rice: Factional politics in rural Guyana. Lieden: Brill. 1980

      SINGH, Chaitram: Guyana
      Guyana: Politics in a Plantation Society (Politics in Latin America). Hardcover. 1988. 175 pages. Praeger Pub Text; ISBN: 0275929892

      SINGH, Dharanjit: Trinidad & Tobago/America
      Secrets of the Universe. New York. 1997

      SINGH, Hari P.: Trinidad & Tobago
      The Indian Struggle for Justice and Equality against Black Racism in Trinidad & Tobago; 1956-1962. Trinidad: Indian Review Press. 1993

      SINGH I J Bahadur (ed.)
      Indians in the Caribbean. Sterling Publishers, Delhi. 1987. 424 pages. Apt Books, Incorporated. 1987.

      SINGH, Jagdish R.: Guyana/Canada
      Earthly Tribulations. PublishAmerica. Baltimore. 2003
      Pandora's Heartaches. 2005

      SINGH, Karna: Guyana, writer and poet

      SINGH, Karna and STEPHANIES, George
      "The Feast and Festivities of Mother Kali."

      SINGH Paul: Guyana
      Guyana: socialism in a plural society

      SINGH, Kit Puran: Trinidad & Tobago
      Saraswatee: A Novel of India. Seattle: Madrona Publishers, 1982.

      SINGH, Naresh: Guyana/America
      Sustainable Livelihoods. Kumarian Press, 2001. (with Kristin Helmore)

      SINGH, Pritha: Guyana, writer, playwright and poet
      "Fireflies" (a collection of poems)
      Woman of the Mahabharat. 2000. 2001. New York

      SINGH, Rajkumarie: Guyana, leading Guyanese poet since in the fifties.

      SINGH, Ronald: Guyana/America
      Fragrance of a Desert Rose: A Book of Poems. International Development Consultants. 1997

      SINGH, Roopnandan: Guyana
      - The Thorn in the Rose. 1994
      - Eve. 1995
      - Sky Dance. 1997
      - Roll Play. 1998
      - Shadow in the Dark. 2000
      - Eternal Quest. 2000

      SINGH, Seopaul: Guyana, writer and poet
      Changing Moods. Collection of poems. (In press). 2002

      SIRJU, Mohan: Trinidad & Tobago
      So Let It Be. Toronto: Dovann Publishing Company, 1972.

      SOHAL, HARINDER S.:
      The East Indian Indentureship System in Jamaica, 1845-1917. PhD Dissertation. University of Waterloo, Canada. 1980

      SOOKDEO, Neil A.: Trinidad & Tobago
      Freedom, Festivals and Caste in Trinidad after Slavery: A Society in Transition. 2001. 346 pp. ISBN 1-4010-1768-1
      Published by Xlibris Corporation, USA. Distributed locally by Chakra.
      This book is about slavery, free labor and racism; it is also about racism. The chapters include information about the journey aboard the "coolie" ships from India, Trinidad in the nineteenth century, immigration and the demands of the plantation economy, education in the colony, colonial elites, Carnival, and the 1884 Hosay/ Muharram riots.

      SOOKDEO, Sandra: Trinidad & Tobago
      Indian Dance for the Caribbean. Foreword by Dr Kenneth Vidia Parmesad .1994. Chakra. 150 pp. ISBN 976-8104-68-8
      This book explores the origin of dance and traces its movement and development in the Caribbean during indentureship (1845-1917). The relevance of the dance form in a Caribbean setting is discussed as well as a step-by-step approach.

      SUKHDEO, Gokarran: Guyana, poet, novelist; winner of the Guyana Prize for Literature
      - The Silver Lining. 1998. New York
      - Poems of Love and Liberty. 1998

      TENNASSEE, Paul: Guyana/America
      - Guyana: A Nation in Ruins. GRRS, Toronto. 1982. 101pp.
      - Caribbean Workers Struggle for Real democracy. FLACPO, Guarenas, Venezuela. 1987. Co-authored. 180pp.
      - Guyana: A Nation-State too Young to Die. CARISFORM, Curacao, NA. 1987. 62pp.
      - Caribbean Integration & The Labour Movement, Part I & Part II. CARISFORM, Curacao, NA. Co-authored. 1988. 140pp.
      - Guyana: A Case for Free & Fair Elections. CARICARE Meeting. ISDG, Trinidad. 1989 (Booklet 24pp)
      - The DLM: Origin-Diagnosis-Ideology-Objective-Structure-Programme. DLM Publications. Guyana. 1989 (Booklet 35pp)
      - DLM and the Guyana of Tomorrow: Free & Fair Elections Now: Towards a New Guyana. ISDG, Trinidad. 1990 (Booklet 36pp)
      - State Capitalism and Ideological Opportunism. Bauxite & Sugar Workers Struggle (1970-1980). CARISFORM, Curacao, NA. 1989. 110pp.
      - Europe and its Impact on Caribbean & Latin American Working Class - Part I & Part II. Co-authored. 1992. 200pp.
      - Perspectiva sobre la Integracion en el Caribe y America Latina, publicado en el documento sobre 1er Ecuentro Latino Americano de .Trabajadores, Republica Dominicana. Noviembre 1992. (Co-authored, booklet 50pp)

      THAKUR, P.S.: Guyana/America
      Guyana: Political and Social Satire. Cowhood, Inc., Canada. 1987

      TINKER, Hugh:
      A New System of Slavery: The Export of Indian Labor Overseas 1838-1920. London: Oxford Press, 1974
      Separate and unequal: India and the Indians in the British Commomwealth, 1920-1950. London: C. Hurst, 1976.

      TIWARI, Bri. Maya: Guyana/America
      The Path of Practice: A Woman's Book of Healing with Food, Breath and Sound. Ballantine, 2000.

      VERTOVEC, Steven
      Hindu Trinidad. London, 1992.

      VIDYAHANAND, George: Guyana, poet since in the seventies.

      WOOD, D.: England
      Trinidad in Transition. The Years after Slavery. Oxford. 1968.

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[Jagdish R. Singh]

New Book: Strange Misfortunes by Jagdish R. Singh

Heartbreaking stories about corrupt governments, the unfair treatment of women, and the woes of a soldier.

Strange Misfortunes covers a broad range of fictional and non-fictional themes that are based on human struggles, beliefs and experiences. This book is a collection of short stories, conveying some of our weaknesses, and telling of the extent to which those with evil desires will go to get what they strongly desire. Through a blend of fiction and reporter-style writing, readers will get a down-to-earth look at the unfair treatment of women, corrupt governments, the role human beings have played in the development of religion, and issues pertaining to Guyana, Panama, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, United States etc.

Author’s website: http://www.jagdishraisingh.com

• Book Title: Strange Misfortunes
• ISBN: 978-1-60594-346-6

[Jagdish Singh]

New Book: Adventures of the Homeless
Author: Jagdish R. Singh

Adventures of the Homeless is a lively, fictional story that describes the struggles of a Jewish man who sets out to liberate his friends and himself from poverty, and to overcome his mental illness. Amid these undertakings, he is confronted with violence, discrimination, and problems associated with drug and alcohol abuse. “Adventures of the Homeless” is the fourth in a series of books that are based on allegorical, fictional and non-fictional themes, covering a broad range of multicultural issues.

[Jagdish Rai Singh]

Book title: "The Tolerance of Hinduism"
By: Jagdish R. Singh
ISBN:9780968246115

"The Tolerance of Hinduism" has been uniquely emphasized in a fictional story surrounding many of the sacred teachings of the Bhagavad-Gita

[shambhu nath]

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Luka chhupi bhent jab hoti
Sajan mere baah sikore
Kabhee to yahaa tatole
Kabhee to wahaa tatole
Pahale haanth lagaa joban pe
Jaise lagee katari
Dheere dheere san sana san
Jiyaraa rahi rahi ke mashole
Kabhee to yahaa tatole
Kabhee to wahaa tatole
Dusaraa hanth gaal pe rakh kar
Pyaaraa sa ek chumma de ke
Jibh se jibh chatole
Kabhee to yahaa tatole
Kabhee to wahaa tatole
Tisari baar to chipka chipaki
Aisaa machaa utpaat
Choli ki doree tore
Kabhee to yahaa tatole
Kabhee to wahaa tatole
Chautha haanth kamar pe rakhate
Harkat karti bijali kaudhi
Jiyaraa ruk ruk le hichkole
Kabhee to yahaa tatole
Kabhee to wahaa tatole
Panchawaa haanth jaangh par rakhate
Chanchal man akulaan
Koshish karne lagaa meraa dil
Abto chhappak chhaiya hole
Kabhee to yahaa tatole
Kabhee to wahaa tatole
Chhatwa haanth se nara tore
Sharm se jhuk gaye nain
Haa kar di kar lo manmani
Jeero se saat ghusere
Kabhee to yahaa tatole
Kabhee to wahaa tatole

Satawee baar to anrath hoygaa
Bhoot gayee mradang
Much se cheekh taraak se nikali
Khuno ki pichkari
Dhako pe dhakka tole
Kabhee to yahaa tatole
Kabhee to wahaa tatole

[Jagdish Rai Singh]

Book title: "The True Self"
by J.R Singh
ISBN# 0595191975

The True Self contains two inspiring stories which are a synthesis of fiction, mysticism, spiritual beliefs and some practical realities of life. In these stories about life in a bittersweet experience, readers will be taken on a spiritual journey as expressed through fictional characters who are struggling with the universal quest for understanding of self (Who am I? Why am I here? etc.)

Author: Jagdish R. Singh (Roy) was born June 29, 1953 in the town of Blenheim on the island of Leguan, Guyana. In 1977 he immigrated to Canada where he studied spiritual beliefs and ancient myths. Since then he has been actively writing fiction and non-fiction themes that are thoughtful and informative. He is the author of the visionary fiction novel "The True Self," a collection of essays titled “Earthly Tribulations” and fourteen fictional stories under the title “Pandora’s Heartaches.”

[shambhu nath]

respected sir/madam
happy new year-007

i have written many hindi and bhojpuri poem/song i want to recording good singer but it is my problems i am very poor person living in the village , pls can u help me,, recording /publish my poems/song through music compnay,,

with regards
shambhu nath

[Nicholas Kanhai]

The poet Cyril Kanhai from Guyana was my grand father. His family mostly moved to Mississauga,Ontario in Canada during the 60s and 70s. My father, Errol Kanhai, met my mother, Francine Cote, married, and moved to a small town called Grand Falls in New Brunswick bringing myself and my brother along. I have had the fortune of seeing some of the poems written by my grand father, however, I had never been able to meet him, as he passed away before I was born. Since I was little I had a fascination with my past, and my grand father was one of the most interesting parts of it. For the past 5 years now, I have been asking questions and researching as much as I could about him and his works in Guyana... it was nice to see his name posted here.
Thank you,
Nicholas J. F. Kanhai

[Site owner]

Thank You Amaka.
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