West Indies Cricket, Jackals and Mariamman Temples

In the early 2000’s, a concerned government official approached Dave Martins. Dave was an iconic musician from the Caribbean, who was the lead vocalist of the band Tradewinds. Someone who had his finger on the pulse of the Southern Caribbean islands. The government official asked him to write a song to quell the ethnic violence in Guyana. In another time, at the turn of the 20th century, Tamilians from Madurai and Dindigul were flocking the ports of Pondicherry, Karikal and Madras waiting to board ships for a better future.

What could possibly connect the ethnic violence in Guyana to the ports of Tamil Nadu? This week, in the eight episodes of the series, The Great Migration, we trace the history, mythology and stories of indentured migrants. We discover what connects West Indies Cricket, Jackals, the Mariamman Temples of Tamil Nadu and the Sheetla Devi temples of North India, and what they teach us about the human race.

Thanks to Shubham Sharma (https://twitter.com/thatsharmaboy) who graciously aided the research for this episode.

Books:

1. Beyond a Boundary by CLR James: - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B00L28MXLS/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1646233334&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=8-1

2. Connie: The Marvellous Life of Learie Constantine (Learie Constantine was a hero of CLR James. Cricketer, political activist, lawyer, T&T’s high commissioner to the UK. His Biography: https://www.amazon.in/Connie-Marvellous-Life-Learie-Constantine/dp/0349140391

Songs

3. Hooper and Chanderpaul by Dave Martins: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QrYDNQlBGg

4. Music by Sundar Popo and Ramdew Chaitoe

5. Calypsos by Lord Relator

Till then Check out the other episodes of "The Great Migration"

Bhojpur, Sexuality and Migration Songs: - https://ivm.today/3LQvFQC

Money Orders, Dehradun and Transatlantic Slave Trade: - https://ivm.today/34UHdln

Chettiars, Burma and Fiery Dragons: - https://ivm.today/3JOMfyA

Gujaratis, Uganda and The Last King of Scotland: - https://ivm.today/33Herns

The Malayalis of Pakistan: - https://ivm.today/3Hk67YQ

Sindhis, Crocodiles and Abida Parveen: - https://ivm.today/3BRlRRW

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