Public Articles: India

 

“Anti-Indenture Bhojpuri Folk Songs and Poems from North India” is available in PDF format here.

By Ashutosh Kumar

“The nature of the labour recruitment was such that only those from the lowest castes and poor economic backgrounds were approached for the practice.”

By Adrija Roychowdhury

 

(5 March 2020) Here’s why Indian food is popular in Mauritius by Hindustantimes

https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/lifestyle/why-indian-food-is-popular-in-mauritiusvideo/video-IX4IF3pyGkxm9hDACR3KdJ.html

 

(11 January 2020) Eight years in bonded labour, tribals recall horror, now hope for new life, homes by Kavitha Iyer

https://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Indian_Express/400x60/0

 

(10 January 2020) Explained: Who was Manilal Doctor? By Om Marathe

https://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Indian_Express/400x60/0

 

(2 September 2019) International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Abolition: how it tells stories of Indian indentured labourers by Neha Banka

https://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Indian_Express/400x60/0

 

(5 July 2019) Roy’s goal: Tracing India roots by Dhiman Sarkar

https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/roy-s-goal-tracing-india-roots/story-i9htWlpydSfxzWugXAqE4K.html

 

(10 April 2017) How Gandhi’s struggle in South Africa inspired the century old Champaran Satyagraha by Aushutosh Kumar

https://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Indian_Express/400x60/0

 

(2 April 2017) Indenture system ended a century ago, but Indians still face racism in British colonies by Adrija Roychowdhury

https://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Indian_Express/400x60/0

 

(21 August 2016) Girmitiyas keen to invest in Madhya Pradesh by Anirban Roy

https://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/girmitiyas-keen-to-invest-in-madhya-pradesh/story-rfzpUTOF9fbzU9DRpdFC2I.html

 

(22 November 2014) Indentured labour route project: Such a long journey from Mother India By Bhaswati Mukherjee

https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-view/indentured-labour-route-project-such-a-long-journey-from-mother-india/story-YBcexPCLBDxh9dPq7JjpFK.html

 

(2 February 2014) Across the Black Seas by India Press

https://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Indian_Express/400x60/0

 

(23 January 2014) Andrew Forrest strikes cheap coal deal to end Pak slavery by India Press

https://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Indian_Express/400x60/0

 

(30 July 2008) Tracing Bhojpuri roots in `Chini-Dad' by Shubha Singh

Jahajin is the story of a Trinidad born linguist researching the roots of Bhojpuri in the Caribbean through interviewing old people who came on the indenture ships.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/tracing-bhojpuri-roots-in-chini-dad/story-GWRzMCALasZOTiw6cFesuN.html

 

(30 June 2008) Is there a place for me here? By Kushalrani Gulab

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/is-there-a-place-for-me-here/story-eQmUFoNHiZEFhIaoFMqsBN.html

 

(24 May 2008) Mauritian civil servant finds Indian roots by Hindustantimes

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/mauritian-civil-servant-finds-indian-roots/story-MlTl4rFF0Y1cHKQ2HSPGZN.html

 

(5 September 2006) PM to visit SA on 100 years of Satyagraha by Hindustantimes

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/pm-to-visit-sa-on-100-years-of-satyagraha/story-qongR4mI9ZKnBapoUf7zkO.html

 

(30 April 2005) East Indian Heritage Day by Hindustantimes

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/east-indian-heritage-day/story-GkKmjlRVyYccVewRLbKK8K.html

 

(1 April 2005) Prime Minister visits Apravasi Ghat by Arvind Padmanabhan

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/prime-minister-visits-apravasi-ghat/story-kH4SGM0UPCiiHMl08AbUDN.html

 

(24 May 2000) `More like stables than human dwellings’ by India Press

https://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Indian_Express/400x60/0