This year, India hosted the 12 th World Hindi Sammelan in Fiji. As arbitrary as it might seem, Fiji was not a random choice off the face of the earth. The history of Indians in Fiji, and the evolution ...

Indentured labour, also known as ‘Coolies’, is a painful chapter of the British Rule in India. South Africa, Mauritius, Trinidad, Guyana and Fiji have had a long and dark past of forced labour ...

Today, the descendants of the Girmityas stand tall across the world. The Fiji Indian community has flourished, excelling in business, education, politics, and beyond. From humble beginnings, they have ...

That “needle in the haystack” is a South Pacific archipelago of ... it’s red.” Many Indians were brought to Fiji during the days of British colonization as workers, and they have remained ...

This week marks the 146th anniversary of the arrival of the first indentured labourers from British India to Fiji.

On the morning of August 27, 1912, several hundred Indians converged at the port in the Fijian capital of Suva under the watchful eye of the British. These Indians, all indentured labourers, had ...

It plays a crucial role in the cultural identity of the Indo-Fijian community, reflecting the historical migration of Indians to Fiji ... protected status in South Africa, where the Constitution ...

This year, for the first time, Fiji marks the arrival of Indians to its shores in 1879 with a national holiday, Girmit Day. The Girmit — an adaptation of the word agreement — was a system sold ...