{"product_id":"pehla-girmitiya-hindi-edition","title":"Pehla Girmitiya (Hindi Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGirmitiya is a corrupted form of the English word agreement. Its the agreement or girmit under which thousands of Indian laborers went to South Africa 150 years ago in search of work. A foreign country, with a completely different people, language, lifestyle, and food... and after a hard days work, they had neither the privileges nor the rights. Then, in 1893, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, after completing his law studies in England, arrived in South Africa. Despite having a train ticket, he was thrown out of the train compartment along with his belongings. This firsthand experience of apartheid left a deep impression on the young Gandhi. Gandhi could not tolerate the injustices inflicted on Indian laborers in South Africa under the guise of apartheid, and he fully engaged in the struggle to secure their rights. To demonstrate his solidarity with the indentured laborers, he called himself the first indentured laborer. Set against the social and political backdrop of 19th- and 20th-century South Africa, this novel was awarded the Vyas Samman in 2000. Awarded the Shatdal Samman and the Gandhi Samman, Pehla Girmitiya is a successful attempt to understand Gandhiji.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"imusti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45879902666950,"sku":"DADAX8170289521","price":17.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/91rJPIdzLIL.jpg?v=1779719257","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/pehla-girmitiya-hindi-edition","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}