| Description |
1 online resource (407 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Girmit, history, memory / Brij V. Lal -- 2. Voices from the past / Praveen Chandra and Saras Chandra -- 3. Jaikumari / John Kelly -- 4. Remembering / Ahmed Ali -- 5. Parlay poems for the indentured / Mohit Prasad -- 6. Dada : Bhaga to Dillon / Kanti Jinna -- 7. Dilkusha / Vijay Mishra -- 8. Upahar Gaon / Susanna Trnka -- 9. Sa I Levuka Ga / Annie Sutton -- 10. Soccer / Mohit Prasad -- 11. The Qawa 'epidemic' / Jacqueline Leckie -- 12. Marriage / Brij V. Lal -- 13. All saints' primary, Labasa / Christine Weir -- 14. Primary texts / Brij V. Lal -- 15. Masterji / Brij V. Lal -- 16. Shanta / Malcolm Tester -- 17. Aisha / Padma Lal -- 18. A passage to Sydney / John Connell and Sushma Raj -- 19. Goodbye to paradise / Vijendra Kumar -- 20. Immeasurable distances / Shrishti Sharma -- 21. Final day / Asish Janardhan -- 22. Colour my country / Mosmi Bhim -- 23. Searching / Vijay Naidu -- 24. Maarit / Brij V. Lal |
| Summary |
"Bittersweet marks the 125th anniversary of the arrival of the first girmitiyas in Fiji. Ranging across the past and present, these essays, memoirs, short fiction and poetry introduce readers to Indo-Fijians and their world. The collection includes commentaries on sport, health, education and psychology, punctuated by vignettes of social interaction, familial relations and the pain of displacement." "Illustrated with rich colour photographs, Bittersweet is a testament to the complexity of the Indo-Fijian experience."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
In English, with one chapter in Fiji Hindi |
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Print version record |
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East Indians -- Fiji -- History
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East Indians -- Fiji -- Social life and customs
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Indentured servants -- Fiji -- History
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East Indians -- Migrations -- History
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HISTORY.
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East Indians
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East Indians -- Migrations
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East Indians -- Social life and customs
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Indentured servants
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Zwangsarbeit
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Indischer Einwanderer
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Arbeitnehmer
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Voorindiërs.
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Immigranten.
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| SUBJECT |
Fiji -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011004167
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Fiji
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Fidschi
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lal, Brij V
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| ISBN |
1740761480 |
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9781740761482 |
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