By Rajiv Malhotra
Hinduism, especially Ramayana and Bhagavada Gita, helped the Indian indentured laborers survive in Guyana for 175 years of extreme hardship. This illustrates the positive role of collective identity in security a community’s self-esteem and survival. Good leaders stuck their necks out over many generations and resisted pressures and inducements to sell out. This courageous leadership helped the Hindu community’s preservation of rituals/festivals as a method of collective survival and engagement with the mainstream. Guyana offers important lessons for USA leaders who sell out their Hindu identity to get ahead in public life.
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What a poignant and powerful message I had occasion once of attends wedding a north London temple The ceremony was conducted by s priest from the Caribbean
It was mesmerising experience He reminded us how to retain our values and survive by our great religion and yes Hindu leaders especially in the west must take note of this video and follow the example of Guyanese Hindus