Caribbean Hindustani collaborates with Rasika Dindial

Caribbean Hindustani has been collaborating with many Chutney and Chutney-Soca artistes over the years. Many have sung lyrics for songs composed by Caribbean Hindustani on radio and in well-known competitions like the Chutney Soca Monarch. Rasika Dindial is the next top artiste that is in collaboration with us doing a popular number entitled “The Godna Song”.

The Hindustani word “Godna”, in English, means a tattoo. However, it’s not just any tattoo. It is a special type of tattoo that was tattooed on the hands of the women who were Indian indentured laborers and their female descendants, mostly Hindus. These tattoos bore motifs of Lord Rama’s garden and Mother Sita’s Kitchen, two epic figures in the Hindu holy scripture of the Ramayan also brought to the Caribbean by Indian indentured immigrants.
During the ritual of tattooing these motifs, folk songs were sung. Unfortunately, this tradition is now dead as these practices are no longer observed in modern times. We hope that with this collaboration with a vibrant and energetic singer like Rasika Dindial, a Chutney song will be created that will not only rock the dance floors, but teach the world of this dying tradition.

Successful Outreach Clinic done by Caribbean Hindustani

The Beepaths Ranch at Caparo is professionally owned by the famous Trinidadian folk singer, Rukminee Holas-Beepath. Here, she organizes classes for vocational skills for the community that is oriented in culture and heritage.

This is the second year she has organized an outreach clinic at the Ranch in collaboration with Caribbean Hindustani. This clinic saw the coming together of doctors, dentists, lawyers, and counselors to offer free services to the community of Caparo. The Clinic, done at the Ranch, was organized by Caribbean Hindustani involving the Trinidad & Tobago Medical Association, The Dental Guru of Penal, Riad Hosein attorney at law, drug companies like Denk and Merk, and Professor Vijay Naraynsingh of Medical Associates.

As the clinic took place during the pandemic, strict protocols were observed and about fifty participants were accessed in the clinic. Many who attended said that the clinic made them aware of health, dental, mental, social, and legal issues that they were hesitant to bring forward or not cognoscente about. Each individual was dealt with confidentially and appropriately referred.

Caribbean Hindustani takes this opportunity to thank all those involved and looks forward to conducting another clinic outreach at the Ranch next year.