By Basdeo Mangru
One of the enduring myths of the Indians in Guyana, and indeed throughout the Caribbean, is that they are a docile, passive people reluctant or incapable of initiating action to disrupt the status quo. While such notions may apply to some Indo-Guyanese who form part of the petit bourgeoisie, the militancy of Indian workers on the sugar estates belied this. From their arrival in the Caribbean in May 1838 through indenture and the post-indenture periods, Indians had demonstrated time and again that they could respond resolutely to pressures. The British Raj had realized this only
