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Sugar, Sugar: Bitter-sweet Tales of Indian Migrant Workers by Lainy Malkani

Lainy Malkani May 25, 2017
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Overview

A fascinating web of honey-coloured threads linking Indian migrant workers, who first left the Sub-Continent more than a hundred and fifty years ago, and their descendants now living in contemporary Britain.

 

When emancipated African slaves left their hard labour in the British Empire’s sugar cane fields, plantation owners set their sights on Indian workers. 

So it was that in early 1838, the first ships set sail from Calcutta and Madras, full of men and women searching for new beginnings in Guyana, Trinidad, South Africa, Mauritius and Fiji. 

This short story collection celebrates those people and uses real-life case histories to make the past come alive. 


RELEASE DATE - 25 May 2017

Amazon 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sugar-Bitter-Indian-Migrant-Workers/dp/1908446609

Foyles 
http://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-poetry/sugar-sugar-bitter-sweet-tales-of,lainy-malkani-9781908446602

Waterstones 
https://www.waterstones.com/book/sugar-sugar/lainy-malkani/sanjeev-bhaskar/9781908446602


Look out for a series of podcasts about the making of Sugar, Sugar - the people involved in the writing and funding process as well as how to develop your own creative work. 

 

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← Discover more about the inspiration behind Sugar, Sugar in my radio interview with Robert Elms on BBC Radio LondonSugar, Saris and Green Bananas on BBC Radio 4 →

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