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Author | : Brij V. Lal |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
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Celebrates the 125th anniversary of the arrival of the first girmitayas in Fiji and introduces the reader to Indo-Fijians. Impoverished, but rich with the traditions of Indian culture, the girmitayas clung to their heritage while labouring under foreign and hostile conditions.
Author | : Totaram Sanadhya |
Publisher | : Steve Parish |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
"Totaram Sanadhya came to Fiji as a ginnitiya, or indentured labourer, in 1893. In 1914, he returned to India and together with Benarsides Chaturvedi wrote this book, a powerful indictment of the indentured labour system and the treatment of Indians in Fiji. ... It was one of the most frequently used sources of information and argument during the public movement in Inmdia that led to the abolition of indenture in the 1910s; the movement Gandhi later called the first national sayagraba. ... [This] volume also includes an English translation of The story of the haunted line: a moving story of a man saved from fear and despair by Hindu devotion and the friendship of ethnic Fijians."--Back cover.
Author | : Shashikant Nair |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Social Science |
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Author | : Kenneth L. Gillion |
Publisher | : Canberra : Australian National University Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
"The period 1920-1946 was an important one in the history of Fiji, of the Fiji Indians, and of Indians overseas in general. In 1920 the place of India in the Empire and the Indians in Fiji was undefined. The indenture system had been abolished, but it was not known whether further assisted Indian immigration would be possible and whether the Indians already in Fiji would stay or return to India. If they stayed, would they supplant the indigenous Fijians as the preponderant population of the islannds, and would the local European settlers be able to hold their own against them, or would Fiji be transformed into an area of Indian cultural, economic, and possibly even political dominance? In the period the question of whether the Indian challenge could be contained aroused intense anxiety and discord. The 'Indian problem' as it was popularly known - though it could as well have been called the European problem or the Fijian problem - was, in short, the principal question of Fiji history at that time."--Preface, P. VII.
Author | : Sridhar Maddi |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2019-10-20 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0359984886 |
Indo-Fijian writing is unique. The writers re-present the diasporan situation. Being the descendants of girmityas, they inherited along with the collective memory of suffering and servitude, the girmitya attachment to the Indian traditions, customs, values, religions, languages, music, arts, food and fashion. The girmityas' memories about India united them, made them distinct and helped them create a home away from home. But what was important is in all these aspects, the girmityas adopted an egalitarian ethos and practicality and changed themselves.
Author | : Shashikant Nair |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : East Indians |
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Author | : Shashikant Nair |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Social Science |
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Author | : Brij V. Lal |
Publisher | : ANU E Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1922144916 |
Through Dr Lal's refreshingly clear and powerful prose and sharply observed stories, we enter the inner world of Indo-Fijian feeling and aspiration. One universal that emerges with particular clarity in the Indo-Fijian experience is the ceaseless struggle to find community in a changing world, balancing the beauty of ritual and tradition against the transcendent value of education and modern rationality. The volume poses the question of how people draw upon historical memory and immediate circumstances to create a social world, and how that world can be shared with others in multicultural society. The answer seems to lie somewhere between history and poetry, as in Dr Lal's 'factions'.
Author | : Brij V. Lal |
Publisher | : ANU Press |
Total Pages | : 595 |
Release | : 2019-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1760462675 |
‘What I have sought to do in my work is to give voiceless people a voice, place and purpose, the sense of dignity and inner strength that comes from never giving up no matter how difficult the circumstances. History belongs as much to the vanquished as to the victors.’ — Brij V. Lal ‘Professor Brij Lal is the finest historian of the Indian indentured experience and the Indian diaspora. His Girmitiyas is a classic.’ — Emeritus Professor Clem Seecharan, London Metropolitan University ‘Brij Lal is a highly respected, versatile and imaginative scholar who has made a lasting contribution to the historiography of the Pacific.’ — Dr Rod Alley, Victoria University of Wellington ‘Professor Brij Lal’s life is a remarkable journey of a scholar and an intellectual whose writings are truly transformative; a man of moral clarity and courage who also has deep pain at being cut off from his homeland.’ — Professor Michael Wesley, Dean of the College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University ‘Brij Lal is a singular scholar, whose work has spanned disciplines – from history, political commentary, encyclopedia, biography and “faction”. Brij is without doubt the most eminent scholar in the humanities and social sciences Fiji has ever produced. He also remains one of the most significant public intellectuals of his country, despite having been banned from entering it in 2009.’ — Emeritus Professor Clive Moore, University of Queensland ‘Brij Lal is an accomplished and versatile historian and true son of Fiji. Above all, there is affirmation here of the enduring worth of good literature and the value of good education that Lal received and wants others to experience. The world needs more Lals who speak out against ruling opinions and dare to stray into the pastures of independent thought.’ — Professor Doug Munro, historian and biographer, Wellington, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland
Author | : Brij V. Lal |
Publisher | : ANU E Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2011-11-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1921666595 |
"Dr Lal's book is more than an eloquent account of the political struggle of one of Fiji's outstanding leaders. It is a timely reminder that the process of constitutional change hangs in the balance, as it did at the time of Mr Patel's death. I hope his example will inspire future generations in Fiji to realise the vision articulated by a brilliant and courageous advocate of democracy, and a loyal son of Fiji." - Late Adi Kuini Bavadra