Bittersweet :  the Indo-Fijian experience / 
edited by Brij V. Lal ; photographs by Peter Hendrie. 
 - Canberra :  Pandanus Books,  (c)2004. 
 - 1 online resource (407 pages) :  color illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Girmit, history, memory /  Voices from the past /  Jaikumari /  Remembering /  Parlay poems for the indentured /  Dada : Bhaga to Dillon /  Dilkusha /  Upahar Gaon /  Sa I Levuka Ga /  Soccer /  The Qawa 'epidemic' /  Marriage /  All saints' primary, Labasa /  Primary texts /  Masterji /  Shanta /  Aisha /  A passage to Sydney /  Goodbye to paradise /  Immeasurable distances /  Final day /  Colour my country /  Searching /  Maarit /  Brij V. Lal --  Praveen Chandra and Saras Chandra --  John Kelly --  Ahmed Ali --  Mohit Prasad --  Kanti Jinna --  Vijay Mishra --  Susanna Trnka --  Annie Sutton --  Mohit Prasad --  Jacqueline Leckie --  Brij V. Lal --  Christine Weir --  Brij V. Lal --  Brij V. Lal --  Malcolm Tester --  Padma Lal --  John Connell and Sushma Raj --  Vijendra Kumar --  Shrishti Sharma --  Asish Janardhan --  Mosmi Bhim --  Vijay Naidu --  Brij V. Lal. 
<br/><br/> "Bittersweet marks the 125th anniversary of the arrival of the first girmitiyas in Fiji. Ranging across the past and present, these essays, memoirs, short fiction and poetry introduce readers to Indo-Fijians and their world. The collection includes commentaries on sport, health, education and psychology, punctuated by vignettes of social interaction, familial relations and the pain of displacement." "Illustrated with rich colour photographs, Bittersweet is a testament to the complexity of the Indo-Fijian experience."--Jacket 
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<br/><br/><br/>Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. <br/>http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>East Indians--History.--Fiji<br/>East Indians--Social life and customs.--Fiji<br/>Indentured servants--History.--Fiji<br/>East Indians--Migrations--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DU600  / .B588 2004