The Gujaratis

From: Little India | Date: February 28, 2002| Author: Melwani, Lavina | Copyright information


Little India

02-28-2002

It is one of the stranger stories of immigration: rooted to their land,
their soil and their animals, they nevertheless boarded ships and left for
unknown destinations. Yet for all their struggles and prosperity in far-off
lands, it was if the Gujaratis had never left their village, their town or
their country, for they transported all that they held dear - their way of
life, their extended families, their cuisine and their cu...

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