Thoughts of a minibus traveller

Screen shot from " Items used in research into Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture"   (Re) writing ..  "How can all this work on the archives ,,, help us ?" the man asked in the discussion during the Launch activity for the digital collection of  Items used in research into Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture"  by Gaiutra D. Bahadur. The launch event was held virtually on 30 July, 2025.   This discussion happened before fire destroyed archives of the Guyana Trades Union Congress on 1 August, 2025. Dr Lisa Edwards of the Institute of Gender Studies at the University of Guyana welcomed the collection as it increased access to younger scholars who did not have access to the colonial archives in Europe and elsewehere. The Institute of Gender Studies hosted the event with the Guyana Gender Hub.  Gaiutra Bahadur read from the book. She talked about writing with the archives and writing against the archives, and filling the gaps and silences in the arch...