by Indi@ncurry | Apr 13, 2020 | Indian History & Culture |
You are here Home » Enriching the Rainbow: 150 Years of Indians in South Africa . Enriching the Rainbow: 150 Years of Indians in South Africa . ‘Enriching the Rainbow’ tells the story of the 150 year old history of Indians in South Africa. Starting from...
by Indi@ncurry | Apr 13, 2020 | Indian History & Culture
by Indi@ncurry | Apr 11, 2020 | Indian History & Culture
Thunee Game What is it? and Thunee rules. Thunee is a popular card game that originated in Durban, South Africa. It was invented by Indian indentured-labourers who arrived in South Africa to work in the sugarcane fields. It is believed that there are...
by Indi@ncurry | Apr 10, 2020 | Indian History & Culture
WHEN the SS Truro arrived off Durban on November 16, 1860, bringing the first group of indentured labourers, the first newspaper to record the event appears to have been the Natal Star, a weekly, which ran a brief report on November 17, noting that “the Truro anchored...
by Indi@ncurry | Apr 10, 2020 | Indian History & Culture
WHEN Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi arrived in India via London on January 9, 1915, no one knew that he would become India’s greatest pravasi. He had spent 21 years in South Africa, working as a lawyer committed to end discrimination, especially of Indian people by the...
by Indi@ncurry | Apr 10, 2020 | Indian History & Culture
IN 1909, a young man arriving at Durban on board the Umkuzi XXVIII removed his turban, dhoti (napkin) and earrings and, after changing into modern clothing, dumped them in the sea. It was the start of a new life for Jaganathan Mottai Thayalan, a well-educated,...
