Levelling wind : remembering Fiji /
'What I have sought to do in my work is to give voiceless people a voice, place and purpose, the sense of dignity and inner strength that comes from never giving up no matter how difficult the circumstances. History belongs as much to the vanquished as to the victors.' - Brij V. Lal. '...
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Acton, A.C.T. :
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2019.
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Table of Contents:
- 'For the loser now will be later to win' / Doug Munro, University of Queensland
- Ni Sa Bula / Namaskar / G'Day
- Past Present: Indenture and its Legacy. 1. Memories of indenture
- 2. 'Such a long journey': The story of indenture
- 3. The Tamarind Tree
- 4. 'A most callous indifference'
- 5. Transitions and transformations
- 6. Illusion of hope: Aisha and Bhaskar / Padma Narsey Lal
- 7. 'The burden of remembrance'
- 8. Frequent flyers
- 9. Mr Arjun goes to Australia
- 10. 'The children of the wind'
- Future Tense: Witnessing History. 11. While the gun is still smoking
- 12. The road to independence
- 13. Where has all the music gone?
- 14. Towards a united future
- 15. George Speight's putsch improbable
- 16. Laisenia Qarase's missed chance
- 17. A coup by any other name
- 18. Entrenching illegality
- 19. The strange career of a 'clean-up' coup
- 20. Between a rock and a hard place
- Retrospection. 21. Exile and a land of memory: Brij V. Lal, Indo-Fijian scholar activist / C.K. Chen
- 22. 'Of exits and entrances' : In dialogue with Doug Munro
- 23. ANU made me, but which ANU is mine?
