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...
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes all Guyanese a Happy Arrival Day, and, especially, calls upon all citizens to remember the 180th Anniversary of the Arrival of East Indians to Guyana. The IAC, an organization which promotes and preserves Indian culture and deals with the issues and concerns of...
Press Release The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes to invite the general public its 15th Grand Annual Cultural Melas to observe the 180th Anniversary of Indian Arrival to Guyana. The Melas are scheduled for Saturday, 28th April 2018, at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground, Essequibo, starting at 17:00hrs, and...
Press Release The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes to advise the against the promotion and sale of alcohol during upcoming events to commemorate the 180th anniversary of the arrival of the first batch of East Indian indentured immigrants from India to Guyana. While the official anniversary will be on the...
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) in recognition that many Guyanese, including a number of persons of Indo-Guyanese origin, are adherents of Christianity, in which a Jewish Carpenter named Yeshua (Jesus), is believed by his followers to be the son of God. The IAC also recognizes that the followers of Yeshua...
PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) welcomes the official appointment of the ten Commissioners of the now reconstituted Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) following their recent swearing by H.E. President David Granger. This is something that the IAC has repeatedly called for in the past and which has long been...
PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) extends Phagwah (Holi) greetings to all the citizens of Guyana, especially those who are guided by the philosophical teachings of Sanatan Dharma. Phagwah or Holi is a festival of Bharat (India) that has its roots in antiquity and celebrates the coming of a...
PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) will be hosting its 10th Annual Memorial Service, an “Evening of Remembrance” for the slain victims of the Lusignan Massacre which occurred on January 26, 2008, when eleven (11) persons were brutally murdered by centrally directed criminal elements. The event on Friday, January...
Press Release The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes to invite the general public to participate in its Inter-faith gathering and a discussion on the current state of Ethnic Relations in Guyana at the National Library on Friday, January 12, 2018, beginning at 4: 30 pm. The IAC recognizes that Ethnic...
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes all Guyanese a Happy and Prosperous New Year. The IAC, in its vision for a happy and prosperous 2018 wishes to have a safer and secure society; to observe improved relations between the government and the opposition; that a special public program be established for the benefit of...