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Brinsley Samaroo had a long and distinguished career in teaching, research and writing. Most of those years were spent at the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). He has also served in the parliament of Trinidad and Tobago as a Senator and Cabinet Minister from 1981 to 1991. His published writings have focused on the Indian Diaspora, the Caribbean and South Indian history.

Primnath Gooptar is a writer, biographer, social worker, cultural promoter, former school principal, Hindi cinema scholar and a lecturer in Indian Cinema (UWI), Trinidad. He has presented several papers on the Indian indentureship experience at conferences in Trinidad, United Kingdom, Suriname, Mauritius, St. Vincent and India.

Kumar Mahabir is a former Assistant Professor at the University of Trinidad and Tobago. He obtained his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida. He won a Florida Caribbean Institute Award, an A. Curtis Wilgus Fellowship, and an Organization of American States (OAS) Fellowship.