Resurgent (Rise Again)1The title of this paper derives from a newspaper article published on the day of the ship's departure. Under the caption ‘But 44 Change Their Minds’ is the following comment: ‘Touching chapter in the history of the Old World and the New, when the M. V. Resurgent (Rise Again) sailed out of port of Georgetown’ (The Daily Chronicle, 5 September 1955).

The article focuses on the Indo-Carribean repatriation of laborers. The necessity of handing over the information and knowledge to the future generations orally or written helps in identity, origin and understanding the descent of individual. The sailing of M.V. Resurgent between shores is shown as a unit of cultural and political bonding overcoming the barriers of caste, religion and language. The author's interview with Chhablal Ramcharan on the final voyage, is also presented.