Mispterz performance at Zoo Labs
Mipsterz performance at Zoo Labs in Oakland on March 2, 2018. Featuring Abbas Ratani (one of the founders of Mipsterz), Yusuf Siddiquee (lead artist), and Neel Agrawal, images from SAADA's archive were projected onto the background during the performance. Photographs taken by Sana Khan (1, 2, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) and James Huang (3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11).
Interview with Boisali Biswas
Interview with fiber artist Boisali Biswas by Indrani Saha, conducted on October 23, 2012.
Interview with K.V. Rathnam
Interview with fiber artist K.V. Rathnam by Indrani Saha, conducted on December 1, 2012.
Interview with Adil Akhtar
Interview of artist Adil Akhtar by Indrani Saha, conducted September 27, 2012.
Ramu by Moses Bhagwan
Moses Bhagwan wrote "Ramu," a moving tribute to an archetypal figure in Guiana's history, the sugar cane cutter carrying his cutlass home from the fields, in 1964. At the time, Bhagwan was a political prisoner in a detention camp run by British colonial authorities. He wrote the poem, another one dedicated to his wife, and another invoking freedom in a notebook given to him by his sister.
repeat movement until by Nadia Misir
"repeat movement until" was composed by Nadia Misir, who holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens College. The poem gives elegaic voice to a wedding ring handed down in a family and evokes its experience with labor, with skin, with surfaces, with temperatures, with grandmothers and granddaughters, with death.
One Last Bag by Elizabeth Jaikaran
"One Last Bag" was composed by Elizabeth Jaikaran, the author of the short story collection Trauma. With its buoyant wit, it levitates what is otherwise heavy: the weight of an overstuffed suitcase and, through the figure of a migrant trying to please her Queens cousin, the weight of family expectations.
Rajiv Maragh Oral History Interview
Rajiv Maragh, an entrepreneur and jockey, discusses moving to Florida from Jamaica, his career as one of the few Indo-Jamaican jockeys, his entrance in the Kentucky Derby multiple times, and his almost 2000 wins. Rajiv comes from a horse racing family with multiple generations before him being involved in the sport.
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Savitri Tolan Oral History Interview
Savitri Tolan, a behavioral therapist, discusses her wedding (which was a fusion of Indo-Jamaican/Indo-Guyanese traditions), her faith as a Hindu, her passion for Bollywood dancing, her family's musical traditions with songbooks and memorization, the annual family reunion, and her desire to preserve Indo-Jamaican traditions to teach her son.
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Ghanesh Maragh Oral History Interview
Ghanesh Maragh, a hospitality and entertainment professional, discusses his families' origin in India, his faith as a Hindu, and his craft as one of the remaining Nachaniya dancers - a folk dance brought from North India to Jamaica.