The Fiji Times » NFP pays tribute to girmitiya
Luke Rawalai 15 May, 2021, 12:45 pm Members of the Varoka, Tavarau Nari Sabha Ba perform an item during the Girmit Remembrance Day celebrations and the Civic Centre in Nadi. Picture: BALJEET SINGH/FILE Fiji will always be the motherland of Fijians of Indian descent in the country, says National Federation Party leader Prof Biman Prasad. He made the comment while paying tribute to those who had travelled from India 142 years ago to work in the cane fields in Fiji. Prof Prasad said their blood, sweat and tears, as well as co-operation with indigenous Fijians and other minority races, made Fiji ...