New Light on the Indenture Labour System When the girmitias – indentured labour immigrants – set out from Calcutta as from 2 November 1834 on the “great experiment”
Whenever I am in Patna I cannot forget the love and affection and overwhelming hospitality of all my hosts and hostesses since 1983, when I first made a
Indian music in Mauritius came with the girmitias. They brought their songs and rudimentary instruments of music. They sang and played the music on the long and perilous
Indian presence in Mauritius can hardly be denied. As at 1860, the demographic profile of Mauritius comprised two-thirds of Indians, the majority of whom hailed from the recruitment
He came. He saw. He conquered. But was also conquered. If E.M. Forster’s most famous novel A Passage to India (1924) reiterated the concept of “God is love”
As we set about to celebrate the coming of the indentured Indian immigrants, our forefathers, this 2nd November, we cannot but rejoice at the happy coincidence with the
The Bhojpuri Academy of Bihar, a government of Bihar Institution celebrates this year its 35th year of existence. In this context, the Academy decided to honour the lifelong
