{"id":26,"date":"2025-09-12T14:13:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:26:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:26:57","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mohabir Persaud<\/strong> is a lifelong history enthusiast with a passion for ancient texts and world cultures. Keenly interested in politics, he explores historical narratives through a broad lens, connecting past events to contemporary society. Trained as a Machinist Journeyman for the Sugar Industry in British Guiana, he later immigrated to Canada, where he deepened his knowledge through extensive reading on history and politics. In his book, <em>On the Sacred Rivers<\/em>, he examines the intertwined histories of indentured Indians, African slaves, and the caste-like society of British Guiana, tracing the pivotal events that led to the end of Indian indentured labor in British colonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:316px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohabir Persaud is a lifelong history enthusiast with a passion for ancient texts and world cultures. Keenly interested in politics, he explores historical narratives through a broad lens, connecting past events to contemporary society. Trained as a Machinist Journeyman for the Sugar Industry in British Guiana, he later immigrated to Canada, where he deepened his &hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/about-the-author\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About the Author&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1370,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","no-comments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/865768\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}