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NRIS October 19, 2004
Indian wins award for documentary on early Indian
immigrants in Fiji
SYDNEY: A documentary on the trials and tribulations
faced by early Indian immigrants to Fiji has won the
2004 Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union Award in the News
and Current Affairs category.
The bi-lingual documentary titled Girmit ki Kahani in
Hindi and Sweet Sorrow in English produced by
India-born broadcaster Kumud Merani for the SBS Radio
in Australia delves into the injustices meted out to
Indian labourers, who were duped and sent to Fiji by
the British between 1879 and 1916.
Over 60,000 Indians were transported to Fiji to work
in the sugarcane plantations during this period. The
uneducated labourers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
operated under strict articles of indenture. Many, who
signed up the five-year 'Agreement' or 'Girmit' as it
came to be known in the labour parlance, resigned to
their fate and led a life of virtual slavery.
This moving documentary explores the Girmit history
and legacy through the eyes of their descendants that
includes a 104-year-old activist, a woman whose father
was kidnapped at 14, an ex-Parliamentarian and the
leading historian of the Fijian-Indian diaspora,
Professor Brij Lal. It is a story of their
exploitation and degradation.
The film, which was honoured on September 25 at 41st
General Assembly of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union at
Almaty, Kazakhastan, brings alive the trauma of Indian
labourers, who were tricked with promises of high
wages and sent to Fiji and put in small huts. Almost
35 per cent of the labour force comprised of women,
who were repeatedly abused and raped.
(WebNewindpress)
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