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India\’s Independence struggle and the lesser known contribution of a 16 year old Tamil girl from South Africa.

The following article is by Meena Kandasamy, a poet, writer, activist and translator. Her work maintains a focus on caste annihilation, linguistic identity and feminism. This is a brief summary of her speech at the Bob Marley Cultural Fest, Fort Kochi, Kerala.

Writer and activist Meena Kandasamy talks to Kavya Rajagopalan.

This week marks the 150th anniversary, since the first Indian indentured labourers came to South Africa. Since then the community has flourished and today the story is told through the independent movie ‘White Gold’ which premiered in South Africa. Thamarai.com caught up with the cast of ‘White Gold’ for this exclusive interview.

Thamarai.com welcomes our South African Tamil connection ‘Thrineshen Moodley’ to the team.