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Lakshmi Persaud, who has died aged 86, was inspired by the success of her fellow Trinidadian Indian, the Nobel laureate VS Naipaul, to become a writer, and was the author of some five well-received novels, most of which engaged with the experience of the Indian diaspora, particularly women, in colonial and post-colonial Trinidad.

She only embarked on a literary career when her children had grown up and left home

Here we share a touching obituary piece by Lisa Outar (JWIL) for Trinidadian-British writer Lakshmi Persaud, who passed away last month. JWIL mourns the passing on January 14, 2024 of the Trinidadian-British writer, Lakshmi Persaud, one of the first and most influential writers to narrate the complex experiences of Indo-Caribbean women both in the region and…

Lisa Outar reviews Lakshmi Persaud’s Daughters of Empire in this article from the Stabroek News. Born in Port Mourant, Guyana and living in the US since 1985, Dr. Lisa Outar has a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She teaches at St. John’s University in the…