DEV VIRAHSAWMY
5, Edwin Ythier Street, Rose Hill, 71368, Mauritius
limemsa@gmail.com https://boukiebanane.com
FOR JOONEED J? OR JOONEED K?
“We are NOT ‘All immigrants’ on the Mauritius Indocean Archipelago: the Whites came as Masters, Colonisers and Slave/Coolie Owners, the Non-Whites were brought by force as Slave and Contractual Coolie labour… They did not ‘immigrate! – except for a few handfuls of Asian merchants. This ‘We are all immigrants’ is the BIGGEST hoodwinking cliché!” JOONEED KHAN from Canada
Dear Jooneed,
By ‘immigrant’ I mean non-native. There are 2 types of immigrants: forced and free. Slaves were forced immigrants while indentured labourers came on contract and were able to return to India at the end of their contract, which most did, while some chose to stay after having bought a small plot of land.
My great-grandparents on both sides chose to stay, work hard, and make life meaningful. I follow their steps and have chosen to make my life meaningful through ‘hoodwinking’ efforts to hoodwink myself into believing that it is possible to develop a supra-ethnic national culture.
I wish you joy in your cushy Canadian home, sharpening your plastic sword.
Brotherly namaste,
Dev
08.08.23