Lucknow, May 16 -- Due to lack of archival documents, many descendants of the girmitiyas - the indentured labourers sent by the colonial government to various countries like Fiji, Suriname, Mauritius and other South African countries, face problems finding their roots.

Keeping those problems in mind, a 15-day workshop 'Digitising Archives of Girmitiya Descendants across the Globe' began at Lucknow University on Thursday. The workshop has been organised by the Department of English and Modern European Languages in collaboration with Students for Holistic Development of Humanity (SHoDH). The workshop is being coached by Shardhanand H Singh, CEO Kalapaniacademia.com, The Netherlands.

Singh highlighted that many girmitiya descendants like h...