Growing up as a Hindu in Canada - A very short introduction into my own history

Starting a YouTube channel about Hinduism didn’t happen overnight. In this video I go into a very short history of how I got to where I am today.

My parents were born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, a country where approximately 25% of the population is Hindu. While my parents did not speak Hindi growing up, the Hindu religion and culture endured as it did in many other countries in the West Indies such as Guyana and Suriname. Our ancestors from India who migrated to the West Indies managed to maintain the rich religious and cultural traditions in the midst of severe poverty with little to no support for their well being.

My parents left Trinidad for Canada in the 1970’s as did many others during that time. When my siblings and I were born, my parents decided that we would be sent to Catholic school because of the belief that Catholic schools had better discipline and educational values.

But that being said, I never felt the need to reject my Hindu life during my childhood. I enjoyed everything about the mandir and I was quite content in maintaining a double life.

There is something that I found about the Hindu culture and all that it had to offer that I found attractive -- something that pulled me in.

Keep watching to find out more!
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