They were not just "indentured labour," they were our *girmitiya* forefathers, brought to Fiji under false promises to work sugarcane. "Coolie" was the coloniser's word, stripping their names and dignity. My *ajah* carried that word like a scar, but he built our home here with his hands. So when I weigh rice in my shop, I remember he weighed cane, and that word dies with me. We are *girmit* descendants, not coolies.
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