THE Global Girmitya Centre SA seminar focused on the history, identity, and challenges faced by the Girmitya community, emphasising their resilience and contributions to their host countries ...

I learned the word "girmitya" from Sea of Poppies, the first novel in Amitav Ghosh's fantastic trilogy about the Opium Wars. As the enslavement of Africans slowly ended, Britain turned to workers ...

The social fabric of Mauritius is premised on a very strong conscious sense of multiculturalism. The Indian Diaspora is a majority in Mauritius and mainly comprises the descendants of the Girmitya ...

On Monday night, Girmitya Foundation hosted an Award Ceremony following the successful execution of its inaugural art competition with the theme “Indian Migration and Progress”.

Bengaluru: India needs to support all the Girmitya countries and help in preservation of languages, sites, objects and pictures related to indentured labour for posterity, said Prithirajsing ...