Origination, Transposition and Decolonization: Indian Perspectives on Unity in Mauritius as Basis of the Bandung Conference

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Title	Origination, Transposition and Decolonization: Indian Perspectives on Unity in Mauritius as Basis of the Bandung Conference
Contributor	Rajendrakumar Dabee(author)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.54195/FLRI3273_CH07
License	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Publisher	Radboud University Press
Published on	2023-11-30
Long abstract	Mauritius is a land of many cultures, a <i>pot pourri</i> of cultural and religious practices garnered from different continents, but essentially from Africa and Asia. Slaves and indentured labourers from the former and latter continents respectively, were successively introduced to the island by European colonizers. Both races faced hardships of various kinds at the mercy of their so-called masters. Against the supremacy of the White Man, they had no choice other than to rely on their respective Ethos. What devices, which values and world-views were adopted to face the proselytic onslaughts and economic exploitation by a culture which considered itself superior and viewed others as subaltern and thus deserving of annihilation? This chapter exposes and examines the double-sided struggle led by Indian labourers or <i>Apravasi</i> (immigrants) to the island, bound by their Contract. While on one hand they strove to reconstruct their uprooted beliefs and customs by transposing their ancient homeland and its timeless ethos, on the other they battled relentlessly against proselytic agendas of missionary-colonizers zealous to extend their following. Transposition was accomplished through the correspondence of geographical and topographical features present on the island. Proselytism was curtailed by fostering a communitarian solidarity and seeking refuge in the perennial wisdom of Indian Philosophy, the origins of which go back to primitive ideas of unity in the Vedas. When placed in the context of the Bandung Conference, this battle on double fronts led by the Indian immigrants in Mauritius reveals the significance of that historic moment in 1955. This is because both the battle and the Conference, as this chapter aims to demonstrate, are based on eternal principles embodied in an Indian Ethos.
Keywords	Bandung Conference Mauritius Indentureship Indian Ethos Unity Oneness Proselytism

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Rajendrakumar Dabee

(author)

Mahatma Gandhi Institute

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0144-0353

Rajendrakumar Dabee is the head of the School of Indological Studies and Senior Lecturer at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Mauritius. With a PhD in Indian philosophy from Madras University, his extensive 30-year career in education spans from primary to academic. Dr Dabee has authored research papers and engaged in conferences focusing on Indian Philosophy, with a specialization in Advaita Vedanta. Dabee contributes to nation-building and interfaith dialogue, in Mauritius, as a certified trainer for Arigatou International.