Moses Nagamootoo
January 11th, 2007 |
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Moses Nagamootoo was born in Whim Village on the Corentyne, Guyana. His parents were first generation Guyana-born offspring of Indian immigrants who came from Madras. Whim was a predominantly Madrasi village and Moses Nagamootoo grew up in a community with its own traditions of Kali-mai worship, styles of drumming and food preferences which made them distinct from the majority of Indo-Guyanese whose ancestors came from North India.
He has worked as a teacher, a journalist and studied law. He has since his youth been an activist member of the PPP and from 1992 to 1999 was a member of the Guyanese parliament and held the portfolio of Minister of Information. He is currently on study leave completing his legal studies.
He was a contributor of poems to a PYO (Progressive Youth Organisation — the radical youth wing of the PPP) For the Fighting Front (1974). His Hendree’s Cure: Scenes from Madrasi Life in a New World (Peepal Tree, 2000), a work of documentary fiction, is a libation to the Madrasi world of his youth.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:36 pm (#)
Mr Nagamootoo has been an inspiration to me and many of my peers in Guyana. Among the many quality that I admire in him,his intregrity, duty and love for his country and family stands out like a beacon of light to hopeless, the poor and underprevileged youths of Guyana. He is very intelligent, an erudite speaker and a true son of his mother country. Mr Nagamootoo has a passion for freedom that ignite patriotism in your blood when he speaks. With his leadership and guidance, Guyana can become a land of Paradise once again.
Thank you for you unwavering loyalty and service to People. God Bless Moses Nagamootoo!!! We need more Stalwarts like him.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:45 pm (#)
Mr Nagamootoo has been an inspiration to me all my life, as a young girl in guyana to the woman I am today in America. Among the many qualites that I admire in him, his intregrity, duty and love for his country and family stands out like a beacon of light to the hopeless, the poor and underprevileged youths of Guyana. He is an erudite speaker and a true son of his Mother country. Mr Nagamootoo has a passion for freedom that ignite patriotism in your blood when he speaks. With his leadership and guidance, Guyana can become a land of Paradise once again.
Thank you, Moses Nagamootoo for your unwavering loyalty and service to People everywhere.