Opinion: The new age ‘girmitiyas’

[ad_1] By Samata Biswas In the award-winning Sea of Poppies, novelist Amitav Ghosh immortalised the journey of 19th century indentured labour migrants— called “girmitiyas”— aboard a ship to Mauritius during the heyday of British colonialism. It’s 2024. Another group of migrant workers trudges through New...