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Namaste New Zealand (7) - Series One, Episode Seven
Television (Full Length Episode) – 2018
This special episode of magazine-style series Namaste is devoted to the Fijian Indian community and its painful past. Fijian Indian author Rajendra Prasad discusses the first wave of Indian immigrants to Fiji (the girmitiya) indentured farm labourers, exploited and abused by British landowners. Collective shame meant their stories weren't passed down. Krish Naidu from the Fiji Girmit Foundation talks about encouraging the Fijian Indian language. There's an excerpt from a Girmit Day play at Auckland's Pooja Cultural Centre, and Aucklander Sushila Jaduram pays tribute to her great-grandmother.
Our people are estranged from their past. I want the successive generations to know about their history. It's as important to them as it is to me.– Author Rajendra Prasad on his Fijian-Indian community remembering the 'girmit' generation, early in this show
Key Cast & Crew
Felicity Morgan-Rhind
Lisa Metivier
Lauren Wellbrook
Kadambari Raghukumar
Aaditya Singh
Terri Cavanagh
Produced by
Top Shelf Productions
Source
Top Shelf Productions
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