Django posted:Nakhuda traces Indian roots.
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...in Bengal to BarbadosPublished:Sunday, November 3, 2013Author Sabir NakhudaUnlike the East Indians who came to Guyana from as early as 1838, and to T&T and other Caribbean islands from 1845, those who came to Barbados from the 1900s were not indentured labourers; they came “accidentally,” of their own volition. This was revealed by author Sabir Nakhuda in his fascinating book on the 100-year history of East Indian migration to Barbados: Bengal to Barbados.The book chronicles the activities of East Indians who eventually .
These are the Indian store owners in Barbados. They were also very involved in the garment industry before Trinidadian manufacturers through them out of business due to the lower labor and energy costs on that island.
If druggie thinks that these people wish to deal with them he has another thing coming. A wealthy Gujarati businessman in one of the Caribbean islands paid to have the Indians impacted by the hurricane hitting St Maarten shipped back to India or to other parts of the Caribbean.
That offer wasn't extended to the Indo Guyanese living on that island who might have also wished to leave. They had to find a LIAT or a Caribbean Airlines relief flight to do so.