Historical misrepresentation in the Indian Arrival Monument

Dear Editor,
I believe that the picture shown in the Indian Arrival Monument at Palmyra in Berbice does not give a true reflection of the actual event in several aspects including the headwear of the male immigrant.
The male immigrant is shown wearing a headdress reminiscent of what India’s first Prime Minister, the late Jawaharlal Nehru, initiated and popularised as the “Nehru cap”. I do not think that cap existed when the Indian immigrants came to British Guiana from India.
As far as I know, the male immigrants wore a piece of cloth which they tied around their heads.

Sincerely,
Nowrang Persaud