Neha Hui

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In Our Time · Indian Indentured Labour · 21 May 2026 podcast

There are traces of Indian-ness in different aspects of their life.

For example, maybe the caste system didn't continue to exist in the same way, but then festivals changed.

got transferred.

So people of Indian origin in the Caribbean celebrate festivals like Pagwa, which is the spring festival of colour, which is also known as Holi in India, as well as Diwali, which is the autumn festival of lights.

Food has got a very rich influence from India, but then it is, you know, unique and their own.

So yes, the culture did come in, but it's a very distinct identity.

Clem has mentioned a lot about what the pull factors, what kept workers back in British Ghana or other colonies.

One thing that stopped many people from going back was the notion of Kalapani.

So Hinduism imposes caste expulsion on people who have crossed the sea in a process called Kalapani, which translates to black water.

And then that process can only be reversed through an expensive ceremony called Shuddhi.

And people of lower caste did not often have the means or the motive.

I was going to say, why would they?

Also, whether they were re-adventured, whether they went back, whatever they took.

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