Tag: Girmitya
New NZ theatre production highlights Fiji Girmityas’ struggles
By Blessen Tom, RNZ journalist
A new production called Coolie: The Story of the Girmityas is shedding light on the lesser-known history of the Indian...
‘Living museum’ will help bring Fiji’s Girmit experience by storytelling
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
In a significant step toward preserving and commemorating Fiji's rich history, efforts are underway to establish the country's first...
Girmit Day – Shaping Fiji through hard work, blood, sweat and...
EDITORIAL: By The Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley
Sunday -- May 14 -- was an important date for Fiji.
It is recorded in history as a...
Historic Girmit Day apology accepted as Fiji enters new era of...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
History unfolded live at the Vodafone Arena at Laucala Bay in Suva yesterday when the Methodist Church of Fiji and...
‘Time is right for reconciliation’ – Fiji’s Methodist Church seeks to...
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Methodist Church of Fiji is seeking forgiveness from the descendants of Indian indentured labourers, or Girmitiyas, for the...
Helen Reddy: A tribute to my father, Fiji’s visionary Jai Ram...
OBITUARY: By Helen Nalina Reddy, Jai Ram Reddy's daughter
“My Fiji
I offer a vision which sees this beloved land of ours united in its diversity,...
Prasad accuses FijiFirst of ‘political gimmick’ in highlighting 1987 coup
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has questioned the motive of the FijiFirst government to continuously highlight the...
A loss of ‘Fijian’ identity – or no identity at all...
By Sri Krishnamurthi
“No matter how we come to be in Fiji, or how long we have been here ...we all part of the...
