My Twenty-one Years in the Fiji Islands ; And, The Story of the Haunted Line
Author | : Totaram Sanadhya |
Publisher | : Steve Parish |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1991 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015029788661 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Totaram Sanadhya came to Fiji as a ginnitiya, or indentured labourer, in 1893. In 1914, he returned to India and together with Benarsides Chaturvedi wrote this book, a powerful indictment of the indentured labour system and the treatment of Indians in Fiji. ... It was one of the most frequently used sources of information and argument during the public movement in Inmdia that led to the abolition of indenture in the 1910s; the movement Gandhi later called the first national sayagraba. ... [This] volume also includes an English translation of The story of the haunted line: a moving story of a man saved from fear and despair by Hindu devotion and the friendship of ethnic Fijians."--Back cover.