A rich and culturally diverse history of SUGAR! Sugar, Sugar tells the story behind India's migrant workers who first left the Sub-Continent more than a hundred and fifty years ago and their descendents who now live in contemporary Britain.
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A rich and culturally diverse history of SUGAR! Sugar, Sugar tells the story behind India's migrant workers who first left the Sub-Continent more than a hundred and fifty years ago and their descendents who now live in contemporary Britain.
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Sugar, Sugar is a contemporary collection of short stories which reveals a rich and culturally diverse history behind India's migrant workers and one of the most abundant and controversial commodities in the world. Inspired by historical documents between 1838 and 1917, and the living memories of the descendents of indentured workers, Sugar, Sugar, spans five continents, travelling through time uncovering inspiring tales of courage and resilience.
Critic Reviews
“"This collection adds a new dimension of the history of sugar, post emancipation, and shares a previously untold strand in the story of the making of contemporary Britain." -- Guardian”
'This collection adds a new dimension to the history of sugar, post emancipation, and shares a previously untold strand in the story of the making of contemporary Britain.' Joseph Harker, (Guardian). 'Lainy's stories ignite over and over: the desire to ask more questions than are answerable - the imagination kindled and smothered by layers of imponderables. So much that will never be known because that past is interred with their bones!' Clem Seecharan, Caribbean historian
About the Author
Lainy Malkani is a successful London born journalist with Indo-Caribbean roots. Her critically acclaimed two-part series for BBC Radio 4 'Sugar, Saris and Green Bananas' inspired her to create this collection of short stories. She is fascinated by the lives of unsung heroes in our society. In 2012 she set up the Social History Hub to bring their stories to life. Lainy is a writer, broadcaster and presenter of the Social History Hub podcast. She has written for the British Library, the Commonwealth and the BBC.
Sugar, Sugar is a contemporary collection of short stories which reveals a rich and culturally diverse history behind India's migrant workers and one of the most abundant and controversial commodities in the world. Inspired by historical documents between 1838 and 1917, and the living memories of the descendents of indentured workers, Sugar, Sugar, spans five continents, travelling through time uncovering inspiring tales of courage and resilience.
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