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on 30-Apr-01 01:49 AM
Martin Chautari, the thapathali-based discussion group, is hosting an extra presentation this week.
Nepali Diasporic Histories (East Nepal - Calcutta - The Caribbean - The Netherlands Connection): Some Personal Reflections
by Dr Glenn Mitrasingh
General Secretary
International Council for Friends of Nepal - The Netherlands
Date: Friday, 4 May 2001
Time: 3pm
Place: Martin Chautari, Thapathali (tel: 246065)
Dr Mitrasingh's great grandparents migrated to the Caribbean from East Nepal via Calcutta in the late 19th century as part of the indentured labour movement from South Asia to the Americas. The Nepali contingent that landed up in Surinam consisted of five families...Come hear the rest of this fascinating personal history!
Dr Mitrasingh is a medical doctor based in The Netherlands.
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