Talks & Interviews

Address at the Trinidad launch of 'Daughters of Empire',
Kenneth Ramchand, Professor Emeritus of English, University of the West Indies. Thursday May 3, 2012, Mount Hope, Trinidad.

'Gender issues in Education, Culture and Health',
The Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) Conference,
26th-27th October 2010, London.

'Her Masterpiece, Jean Rhys and the Caribbean Island of Dominica',
Conference of the Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars,
April 20-24, 2010.

'Indo-Caribbean Cultural Heritage: Help or Hindrance',
University of Warwick Conference to Celebrate the 170th Anniversary of the arrival of East Indians in the Caribbean, 26th-27th June 2008.

'Hinduism on the wings of Liberty and Vitality',
Guest Speaker at the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Hindu Women Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago, 22 September 2007.

'The Songs of Multiculturalism',
Talk at COSTATT, 3 October 2006.

An extract from an interview with Lakshmi Persaud by Dr Stuti Prasad, lecturer, Patna University, Bihar, India.

'Freedom has a thousand charms to show',
Talk at Warwick University on background and influences, 5 May 2005.

'Lanterns in the Dark'
Talk at the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Forced Marriage Event, 16 February 2005.

'The Beauty and Strength of the Human Spirit',
Talk to mark the 159th anniversary of the first Indians' arrival in Trinidad, 30 May 2004.