Fiji-Indian Pamphlet
p. 40 · Read in the full issue
Causes Stir
From Our Own Correspondent SUVA. June 15.
A NUMBER of earnest Indians have been trying to impress Fiji residents, including the “PIM” correspondent, that the views expressed by Mr. Gyani Das in the Delhi-published pamphlet, “Fiji—An Indian Colony” (reviewed in the May “PIM”) by no means represents the views of the Indian community in Fiji as a whole.
Two Indian journals have suggested, in a roundabout way, that no one would have taken Mr. Das’s publication at all seriously if the English language press had not spilt the beans —allegedly with the inten tion of sowing enmity between the Fijians and the Indians.
Mr. Leslie Davidson, of Ba, writing to the “Fiji Times,” suggested that the Com missioner for the Government of India in Fiji might clear things up by publicly disclaiming the theories and policies put forward in the pamphlet.
Apparently on the principle of least said soonest mended, no authoritative Indian source has made any public com ment on the pamphlet which, although published at Delhi in Hindi, has ended up by creating a minor commotion among Fijians, Europeans and Indians
alike.