Indentured women came from life with no choice to one with some power – author

Gaiutra Bahadur

Indian women who came to then British Guiana as indentured labourers experienced a transformative journey, according to American journalist and author Gaiutra Bahadur, who says they went from a community with no choice to an existence with a little choice.

Bahadur, who concluded the three-part Commemora-tive Lecture Series on the Arrival of Indians in Guyana with a presentation at Umana Yana on Tuesday night,