Diasporic Children of Indenture
by Diasporic Children of Indenture
February 1, 2022 9:19 am
How do we reconcile descending from South Asian indentured labour while living in diaspora with many layers of migration? How do we indenture descendants relate or not relate to ancestral homelands on the South Asian subcontinent? What does it mean to be Indian? What does “Indian” mean? And how do these meanings change across migrations of time and space? There is no one answer, let alone a correct answer. These meanings are fluid. The beauty is that these stories are not monoliths–every individual has a unique experience to share. Join us in discovering them!
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