Mother Tongues: Mauritian Bhojpuri, the language the cane fields kept
Bhojpuri crossed the ocean with Mauritius's indentured labourers and became the island's Indian lingua franca. Two centuries later, it is fading — and being fought for.
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The Indian diaspora in Mauritius
Mauritius: the island where indenture built a nation
Part 1 of Children of the Girmit. Nearly 700,000 indentured Indians passed through a single stone depot in Port Louis — and their descendants became the majority, and the rulers, of an Indian Ocean nation.
India and Trinidad sign archival agreement to help diaspora trace Girmitiya roots
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar signed an archival cooperation agreement with Trinidad and Tobago to help members of the Indo-Caribbean diaspora trace their ancestral roots. The Government of India is creating a comprehensive global Girmitiya database.
OCI cards extended to sixth-generation diaspora from Trinidad and Tobago
The Government of India has extended Overseas Citizen of India eligibility to the sixth generation of Indian-origin diaspora in Trinidad and Tobago — recognising the descendants of indentured Girmitiya labourers who arrived in 1845. A historic outreach with implications for other long-tail diaspora communities.
Do OCI cardholders pay tax in India? The 2026 guide
An OCI pays Indian tax on Indian-source income — rent, interest, capital gains — under residency rules that tightened again on 1 April 2026. The TDS regime, DTAA relief, TCS on outbound money, and the traps, explained.