1.Sugar in my blood London-born journalist Lainy Malkani delves into her family’s roots and discovers the rich but bitter-sweet history of Indian indentured labourers on Caribbean sugar plantations.
2.Indo-Guyanese and proud Prompted by her mother’s death, Lainy explores what migrating to Britain from the sugar plantations of Guyana meant for her family.
(2 x 28′)
First broadcast September 2015 BBC Radio 4
Contributors include: Peter Fraser, Professor Clem Seecheran, Victor Jeevan Sookaram and Raymond Rahiman
Producer: Mukti Jain Campion
Radio choice: The Mail on Sunday, The Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph