Banjara (Uncorrected Proof) by Shana Chandra

An ancestral journey connects India, Fiji and Aotearoa

Good Condition - Covers show rubbing, soiling, small areas of surface loss and corner creasing.

In Rajasthan in 1888, Avani Rathod, a woman from the nomadic Banjara community, is deceived into indentured labour on Fiji's sugar plantations. During the voyage, pregnancy and friendships with other women offer fragile sources of hope as she leaves her ancestral land behind. In Aotearoa in 2016, her great-granddaughter Meera Chand searches for the history of her Girmitiya ancestors, travelling to India and confronting an unresolved love from her own past. Moving across generations and countries, Shana Chandra's novel explores displacement, colonial power, belonging and the stories carried within families. This copy is an uncorrected proof edition.