THE INDENTURED AND THEIR ROUTE: A RELENTLESS QUEST FOR IDENTITY
Author: Bhaswati Mukherjee
Publisher: Rupa Publications India
Pages: 232; price: ₹595
Forty years ago, I was doing a master’s course at the University of Leeds. A couple of my good friends were from Pakistan. We noticed that almost every third person on Oxford Street and Piccadilly was a person of colour, with a preponderance of South Asians. A Pakistani friend—a Pathan with a great sense of humour—joked about the few white men we saw, “Humne Hindustan, Pakistan se inhe bhaga diya, ab englistan se bhi bhagayenge [We drove them out of Hindustan and Pakistan, now we shall drive them out of England].” We did not drive anyone out; instead, we assimilated, learnt from them and taught them.
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