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7 Indo-Caribbean Businesses to Shop this Holiday Season
It's that time of year again! With the holiday season just around the corner, now is a fantastic opportunity to show some love to some local Indo-Caribbean businesses.
Supporting small businesses not only helps to uplift the community, but also allows you to find unique gifts that are full of cultural significance. This holiday season, consider supporting these Indo-Caribbean businesses as you spread the joy of giving.
Supporting small businesses not only helps to uplift the community, but also allows you to find unique gifts that are full of cultural significance. This holiday season, consider supporting these Indo-Caribbean businesses as you spread the joy of giving.
One Year of Story, A Final Letter from the Editors
12 issues, 50 stories, 21 storytellers and nearly 4,000 impressions - this is one year of Story.
With 1 year of story under our belts, Rebecca and I feel immensely grateful that we have accomplished such an incredible feat. Now, we've made the difficult decision to announce December as our final issue of Story as editors.
When I first created the concept of Story and pitched it to Ryan, I had no idea how successful, moving and impactful it would be. Talk about an e-newsletter quickly turned into a digital publication, or online magazine (as many have called it), that has given a platform to our community with global interest.
With 1 year of story under our belts, Rebecca and I feel immensely grateful that we have accomplished such an incredible feat. Now, we've made the difficult decision to announce December as our final issue of Story as editors.
When I first created the concept of Story and pitched it to Ryan, I had no idea how successful, moving and impactful it would be. Talk about an e-newsletter quickly turned into a digital publication, or online magazine (as many have called it), that has given a platform to our community with global interest.
Mohammed Ramzan Celebrating 80 Years of Life, Leadership and Faith
“When I was back home, I saw [planes] flying in the air, and I always had in mind that one day, I will be up in the air too. And God has given me that opportunity, that I could come to a country for betterment.”
Directing Doubles
As Indo-Caribbean people, we are natural storytellers. Most of the time it is informal - when we’re cutting up vegetables, cooking, eating, drinking or just hanging out at family gatherings there is always someone telling a joke or an old time tale. When it is formalized, mostly in books, the results are beautiful. I’m talking about Gaiutra Bahadur, Shani Mootoo, Rajiv Mohabir, David Chariandy, etc… (I’m leaving out V.S. Naipaul, that’s a whole other op-ed!). Then of course there's music, which is a long tradition that continues to evolve, but paradoxically stays the same.
Indo-Caribbean Women’s Jewelry: Traditions and Innovations
My mother’s grandmother, Maharajiah, traveled across the kala pani from India to Trinidad in 1907. Maharajiah’s father was a child during the 1857 Siege of Cawnpore. Hiding in a boatman’s hut, he observed the orange flames as British soldiers, unrestrained in their revenge for British lives lost during the Siege, burnt villages to the ground. Black ashes covered fields and the Sati Chaura Ghat on the bank of the Ganges. Decades after the Siege, when Maharajiah was born, villagers remained impoverished.
Encountering Our Past as Descendants of Indian Indentured Servants
Growing up as Indo-Caribbean woman in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), I learned as a child that most Canadians of European heritage assume that everyone from the Caribbean is Black. The more history-savvy folks know that Black people were forcibly brought to the Caribbean from various African countries via the Transatlantic Slave Trade. I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t start seriously looking into how Indian people got to the Caribbean until about a year ago.
A New Yorker in Toronto: Reflections on the Rise of Indo-Caribbean Communities in Toronto
On a recent trip to Scarborough, where I was conducting an interview for my research on the Indo-Caribbean community in Toronto, the already late GO bus driver decided to pull over on the road to use the bathroom at a Swiss Chalet. Annoyed because of the delay, I let out a loud sigh and sucked my teeth. Slightly embarrassed by my noise, I turned around to a sea of brown faces on the bus—everyone was cackling. They seemed to find the situation amusing, accepting that the bus driver needed to use the restroom.
Putting the Half-Stories Back Together Again with Djamil Ninsoo
Djamil Ninsoo, known on Instagram as @douglabwoy_ found himself holding back tears on a visit to the Jamaica Archives and Records Department in Spanish Town, Jamaica.“I had to stop myself from crying because I didn’t want my tears to mess up the paper.”
So You Want to Go to Law School: Here are 10 Tips to Help You Get There
As we embark on a new school year, many students are contemplating their next steps in their academic journeys. That contemplation will lead many students to consider law school who will begin to wonder what that application process looks like alongside future career planning.
Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani: The Therapy Session You Didn’t Know You Needed
If you want to trigger your West Indian, Caribbean or Desi family, take them to the cinema to see the Hindi film, Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani. For the cherry on top, have chai after at a cafe and ask them to share their thoughts on the movie.
Caribbean Excellence on the Road to the King's Plate
If you’ve ever visited Woodbine Racetrack located in Etobicoke, Ontario, you’ve been privy to the exhilarating sounds and often distinct smell of horse racing in the air. The stands are filled with excited fans who’ve put their money on their favourite racehorses, anxiously awaiting that starting bell.
Legally Brown: Natasha Prasaud on Fulfilling Generational Dreams and Making Room for Self-Actualization
Natasha Prasaud is a Canadian Lawyer-turned-Director of Associate Programs, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (Stikeman Elliott LLP) who was born to Guyanese parents that migrated to Toronto after leaving Guyana citing political conflict.
Story is an Indo-Caribbean newsletter designed to bring Canadian Caribbean culture to the forefront. Explore Indo-Caribbean news, identity, and culture online.
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