A book by a former politician Pratap Chand, highlighting the journey of a girmitya has been released publicly.
The book is called “A Fijian Memoir, Footprints of a Girmitya’s Grandson”.
Chand says people in the country do not believe in local writers and this is one of the reasons why, we don’t see many publications as such.
“We are becoming basically a non-reading community, and I think it’s very dangerous that children and adults don’t read much. Many of the books which have been published by members of the public here general have been printed in Hong-Kong and India. I think my book and many others which i have seen the quality of prints is just equal if not better of what comes out of India.”
Chand said he has captured those moments of a grandson of a girmitya.
The book captures the rural life of the third generation Indo-Fijian and the value of education.
It also portrays those important stories, games and lessons, which most of the third generation children have never heard of.
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