Christian missionaries attempted to convert East Indians during the indenture period, beginning in 1852, but met with little success.

He handed it across the counter to the wizened old East Indian who kept the place.

Many East Indians were brought here to work on the sugar plantations after slavery was abolished in the 1830's.

"They resent the East Indians because they are the ones with less capital," he said.

"If we go to a gas station, a supermarket or a pharmacy, they are all owned by East Indians."

Most East Indians and Asians came during the 1800s to do labor work.

"Whereas the East Indians have been more sedate, he has openly challenged the system."

Some sort of a trance, such as the East Indians indulge in.

East Indians form the largest ethnic group in Guyana.

East Indians, for example, have a high rate of insulin resistance, though they tend to be thin.