The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes all Guyanese a Happy and Prosperous New Year. The IAC, in light of the most difficult and mentally strenuous year of 2020 that has just been completed, given the unwelcome presence of COVID-19 throughout the entire period and the highly destabilizing and distasteful events that preceded, accompanied and post-dated the 2020General and Regional...
PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes all Guyanese a Happy Arrival Day and, especially, calls upon all citizens to remember the 182nd Anniversary of the Arrival of East Indians in Guyana. The IAC, an organization which promotes and preserves Indian culture and deals with the issues and concerns...
By Dr Tara Singh On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the abolition of recruitment in the indentureship system, we feel that it’s appropriate to advance a case for reparatory justice for the descendants of Indian immigrants so as to neutralize or even eliminate the lingering pain of indentureship,...
By Dr Lomarsh Roopnarine The following essay examines the movement of Indians who had first indentured to British Guiana and returned for a second time. The contention is that second-term migration of Indians from India (not to be confused with re-indenture in British Guiana) demonstrates a larger pattern of migration...
Press Release August 30, 2016 IAC calls on government to commemorate centenary of last ‘coolie’ ship The Indian Action Committee (IAC) has called on the government to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the last ‘coolie’ ship to British Guiana. The IAC during a recent meeting with President...