Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. Shards of memories xiii
5. List of figures, maps, pictures, tables xv
6. Gloss xvii
7. Chapter 1. Getting acquainted with the Girmityas 1
8. Chapter 2. Gabriel Aiyappa’s Girmit 21
9. Chapter 3. Behind the scenes of Girmit Gāthā 37
10. Chapter 4. Transposing the oral into written 47
11. Chapter 5. Ram Rattan Mishar’s life narrative construction 67
12. Chapter 6. Ram Rattan Mishar’s identity and agency reconstructions 97
13. Restorying Girmit 117
14. Chapter 7. Guldhari Maharaj 119
15. Chapter 8. Ram Sundar Maharaj 133
16. Chapter 9. Jasoda Ramdin 149
17. Chapter 10. Ram Dulhari 183
18. Chapter 11. Ghori Gosai Part 1 211
19. Chapter 12. Ghori Gosai Part 2 275
20. Chapter 13. Constructing ‘I’ through the life narrative 299
21. Chapter 14. Conclusions and beginnings 315
22. References 325
23. Index 341