Indian 'pundits', Trinidad. Portrait of two Indian 'pundits', a term used to describe Hindu scholars or religious teachers. The men wear traditional Hindu dress, including turbans and 'tilakas' on their foreheads, and one man wears a beaded necklace, possibly 'japa mala' (prayer beads), and holds a closed book tucked under one arm. Trinidad, circa 1930., Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, North America .