On Immigration, Religion and Home

Random thoughts on immigration, religion, and home is a journey into the past that transpires with a trip to the country of my origin, Guyana, which I had left in 1982 to immigrate to Canada. In this story, I revisit the schools I attended as a child to reflect on how religion was intertwined with education in a colonised British state and used to exercise control over the people. On immigration, I draw on my grandfather’s transatlantic trip as an Indentured Servant from India; and I reflect on my own journey of immigration and belonging to Canada through the lens of my relationship with religion. My final stop in the story is my childhood home where I take time to consider the meaning of home that emerges from my heritage and personal experiences as a Muslim woman of Indian heritage, growing up in Guyana, and living my adult life in Canada.