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Author : Centre for Research on Indian Ocean Societies (Mauritius)
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Bihari (South Asian people)
ISBN :

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This Book Is A Celebration Of The History And Presence Of Biharis In Mauritius. It Brings Together Prose, Poetry And Art To Recreate Scenes And Events Of Bihari History In Mauritius And To Evoke The Dramas Of Exile And Settlement.

Author : Ashutosh Bhardwaj
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 36,9 MB
Release : 2021-12-23
Category : History
ISBN : 100051319X

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When used in India, the term Kala pani refers to the cellular jail in Port Blair, where the British colonisers sent a select category of freedom fighters. In the diaspora it refers to the transoceanic migration of indentured labour from India to plantation colonies across the globe from the mid-19th century onwards. This volume discusses the legacies of indenture in the Caribbean, Reunion, Mauritius, and Fiji, and how they still imbue our present. More importantly, it draws attention to India and raises new questions: doesn’t one need, at some stage, to wonder why this forgotten chapter of Indian history needs to be retrieved? How is it that this history is better known outside India than in India itself? What are the advantages of shining a torch onto a history that was made invisible? Why have the tribulations of the old diaspora been swept under the carpet at a time when the successes of the new diaspora have been foregrounded? What do we stand to gain from resurrecting these histories in the early 21st century and from shifting our perspectives? A key volume on Indian diaspora, modern history, indentured labour, and the legacy of indentureship, this co-edited collection of essays examines these questions largely through the frame of important works of literature and cinema, folk songs, and oral tales, making it an artistic enquiry of the past and of the present. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of world history, especially labour history, literature, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, diaspora studies, sociology and social anthropology, Indian Ocean studies, and South Asian studies.

Author : Monica Mody
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Travelers
ISBN : 9780984029761

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"Kala Pani fits the loose editorial definition of a hybrid text: it combines the intense play of poetry, language as live field ... with structures of screenplay, newsfeed and public relations statement ... as well as narrative threads and characters who keep the same names throughout the book."--Review by Kate Schapira in Pank magazine, posted online March 6, 2014.

Author : Judith Misrahi-Barak
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 30,98 MB
Release : 2023-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 100381610X

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This volume explores the intersections of diaspora and gender within the diasporic and Indian imagination. It investigates the ways in which race, class, caste, gender, and sexuality intersect with concepts of home, belonging, displacement and the reinvention of the nation and of self. Positioning itself as a companion to Kala Pani Crossings: Revisiting 19th century Migrations from India’s Perspective (Routledge, 2021), the present book examines whether indentureship and diasporic locations marginalised women and men or empowered them; how negotiations or resistances have been determined by race, class, caste, or ethnicity; how traditional standards of Indianness and gender relations have been reshaped; how ideas of home, self and the nation have been impacted in the diaspora and in India after the 19th and early 20th century indentureship migration; and what 21st century Indians stand to gain by theorizing the legacy of 19th century indenture through a gender framework. To understand how fiction and non-fiction writers have negotiated the legacy of indentureship to create spaces where normative practices can be interrogated and challenged, the book gives pride of place to interviews with writers such as Cyril Dabydeen, Ananda Devi, Ramabai Espinet, Davina Ittoo, Brij Lal, Peggy Mohan, Shani Mootoo, and Khal Torabully. Thus rooted in critical analyses but also in subjective and creative perspectives, this volume is a major intervention in understanding Indian indenture and its legacy in the diaspora and in India. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literature, history, Indian Ocean studies, migration and South Asian studies.

Author : Shevlyn Mottai
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 16,96 MB
Release : 2022-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1776380320

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In 1909, four women board a ship in Madras to cross the Kala Pani, the ‘black water’, to Natal. Lutchmee, a young widow, has escaped her vengeful mother-in-law and self-immolation on her husband’s funeral pyre. Vottie, from the Brahmin caste, is an educated girl whose abusive husband tries to hold on to his caste at all costs. Chinmah, heavily pregnant when she boards the ship, is married to an older man as part of an unpaid debt. Dazzling but shy Jyothi is single. On board the ship, the women will form friendships and alliances. They will help each other through trial and trauma, even after they arrive and are separated. Like many Indians desperate to escape unbearable conditions in their home country, these women are only too eager to believe what they’ve been told: that a better life awaits them in South Africa, where caste doesn’t matter, food is plentiful, and liberty will be theirs after just five years. But the reality of life on the plantations reveals the truth about the crossing: that it is usually a one-way journey, rife with misery, and that the hardship doesn’t end after the ship has dropped anchor in Durban harbour. The epic stories of these immigrants – the brave, the bold, the kind; the weak, the cruel, the cowardly – are woven into the fabric of South Africa’s Indian population today. Shevlyn Mottai has drawn on her ancestors’ history to highlight the bonds formed between women during adversity, and to celebrate their journeys of tragedy and triumph.

Author : Oswaal Editorial Board
Publisher : Oswaal Books
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 10,22 MB
Release : 2024-08-27
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9362391104

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Author : Oswaal Editorial Board
Publisher : Oswaal Books and Learning Private Limited
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 24,43 MB
Release : 2023-07-14
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9357287043

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Benefits of the product: • 100% Updated with 2023 Papers of CLAT & AILET Fully Solved • Extensive Practice with 1000+ Questions • Valuable Exam Insights with Hints, Shortcuts & Expert Tips to crack CLAT & AILET on the first attempt • Concept Clarity with 1000+ Concepts given in Explanations • 100% Exam Readiness with Section-wise Trend Analysis (2020 - 2023) • 100% Institute Updated with NLU’s Cut-offs (2020 – 2023)

Author : Oswaal Editorial Board
Publisher : Oswaal Books
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2023-12-25
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 935958570X

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Description of the product: • 100% Updated with 2023 Papers of CLAT & AILET Fully Solved • Extensive Practice with 1200+ Questions & Detailed Explanations • Valuable Exam Insights with Hints, Shortcuts and Expert Tips to crack CLAT & AILET on the first attempt • Concept Clarity: Learn Concepts through Detailed Explanations • 100% Exam Readiness with Section-wise Trend Analysis (2020 - 2024) • 100% Institute Updated with NLU’s Cut-offs (2020 – 2023)