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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