Back Tracks: Shankar, 98, recalls the good old days

When the Leonidas left Calcutta on January 28, 1879 and began its almost 11,000km journey to Levuka, it not only brought the first batch of 522 girmitiya to Fiji, the vessel also brought Indian culture, music and a rich tradition to Fiji’s shores. The first Indian workers would gather in the evenings after a hard...