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Please join us for another weekly ICC ZOOM public meeting on SUNDAY
February 28, 2021 at 6.30 p.m. (New York/Eastern time), / 7.30 p.m.
(Trinidad/Atlantic time), / and 8.30 p.m. (Suriname time)
*TOPIC:*
*Biraha: Extempore Music in the Indian Diaspora – Suriname, Trinidad and
Guyana*
*PRESENTERS:*
WANITA RAMNATH (Suriname) - MA in Linguistics from Leiden University;
studying the baithak gana genre of music in Suriname
DR. VISHAM BHIMULL (Trinidad) - medical doctor, researcher of Trinidad
Bhojpuri &
founder of Caribbean Hindustani Organization
NARESH TIMAL (Trinidad) - Known as the “Biraha Raja”; founder of the Biraha
Raja Cultural Foundation and the Biraha Raja Chowtal Group
PT. RABINDRANATH “RAVI” PERSAUD (Guyana) - Known as “Pandit Ravi”;
President of the Viraat Sabhaa of Guyana, JP & Commissioner of Oaths
Followed by Q+A
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Live streamed on the Facebook page of Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre
https://www.facebook.com/indocaribbeanculturalcentre
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WhatsApp 868 756 4961 or 868 738 4963
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*Please SHARE. *
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#Indo-Caribbean #IndianDiaspora #WestIndies #Caribbean #Trinidad #Guyana
#Suriname
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SEE edited video recording of our ICC ZOOM Public Meeting (14/2/21) on the
topic:
*5000 T&T Citizens Stranded Abroad for 320+ days*
The Chairperson was Sharlene Maharaj and the Moderator was Bindu Deokinath
Maharaj, both women of Trinidad.
SPEAKERS:
KAREN LEE GHIN - a Trinidadian-American activist helping stranded
Trinidadians in the USA since March last year
SHALLENA BUJAN - a Trinidad and Tobago citizen in the UK whose mother is
critically ill at home
GERALD RAMDEEN - attorney-at-law who has taken legal action against the
Government to re-open the country’s borders to nationals
ANONYMOUS STRANDED SPEAKERS - (past and present) who did not reveal their
names and photos for fear of victimisation
Followed by Q+A
SEE https://fb.watch/3MWmCR3bnD/
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*Cudjoe’s corrupted, biased and kinky mind*
SEE
https://indo-caribbean.com/cudjoes-corrupted-biased-and-kinky-mind/
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*R Masakui | The cool Indian ‘Coolies’ of the Caribbean*
SEE
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focus/20210221/r-masakui-cool-indian-coolies-caribbean#slideshow-1
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*The Indo-Caribbean Experience in the Indian movie* *Manikarnika: The Queen
of Jhansi*
SEE
https://www.facebook.com/visham.bhimull/videos/10157892831629599/?sfnsn=mo
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A *new, free, online Indo-Caribbean paper* is being launched. Please help
shape and contribute to it. You are invited to become a contributing editor
as well as to submit stories, articles, photos and short videos.
SEE
https://indo-caribbean.com
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*Almost all our ZOOM public meetings are FREE for viewing on social media*
We are pleased to announce that almost all our ZOOM public meetings have
been uploaded to our website (see link below) as well as to YouTube
permanently for posterity. These developments make our reach wider, bigger,
better and stronger.
The topics of these meetings are mainly on and about Indians, but the forum
is not for Indians only. OUR MISSION: To bring the Indian Diaspora in the
Caribbean closer together for intellectual discussions, unity, solidarity
and empowerment every Sunday night on one platform, following the Black
Lives Matter Movement. OUR VISION: To achieve a better understanding and
appreciation of ourselves in seeking to create a diverse, just, equitable
and non-discriminatory society in which Indo-Caribbeans thrive harmoniously
with other ethnic groups.
SEE
https://indocaribbeanpublications.com/videos/
NOTE: Our weekly meetings get bigger, better and stronger every Sunday
For more info, contact [log in to unmask] or WhatsApp 868 756
4961
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*We are inviting you to become an active participant in our weekly ICC ZOOM
public meetings every Sunday*. You can participate by suggesting a topic,
organising a panel, or becoming a presenter or discussant.
FORMAT: Three (3) presenters (usually one each from Suriname, Guyana and
Trinidad), and a discussant, talk for fifteen (15) minutes, followed by Q+A.
The purpose of the meetings is public education.
Participants usually range from 50 to 90 in number with the majority being
university educated. They are mainly Trinidadians and Guyanese of East
Indian descent in the Indian Diaspora living mainly in New York, Ontario
and England. The discussions are also streamed live on our Facebook page as
well as by other media networks to thousands of viewers worldwide. They are
also later edited and uploaded to YouTube permanently for posterity.
Forthcoming topics: (1) The Indian presence in (a) Jamaica, (b) St Lucia,
(c) Grenada and (d) St Vincent; (2) Updates on oil and gas discoveries &
investment and job opportunities in Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad; (3) The
under-representation of Indians in the armed forces; (4) The pressure for
Indians to mix (Creolise, Douglarise); (5) Attitudes towards LGBTQs by the
Indo-Caribbean community; (6) Coverage of Indians and Indo-Caribbean
culture by the traditional media; (7) Is partition the ultimate solution to
the ongoing riots and racial-political violence in Guyana?; and (8)
Screening of films and plays with Indian themes.
SEE videos of previous meetings:
https://indocaribbeanpublications.com/videos/
NOTE: Our weekly meetings get bigger, better and stronger every Sunday.
Contact: WhatsApp 868 756 4961 or [log in to unmask]
*Please SHARE.*
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