Beyond Borders: The Global Journey of South Asian Culture

From the cane fields of Trinidad to the streets of Durban, the South Asian diaspora’s history spans continents and centuries.
Following the abolition of slavery, more than 1.6 million South Asians migrated—many through the indenture system—to work in colonies across the Caribbean, Africa, and the Pacific. In these new lands, they preserved languages, faiths, and traditions while blending them with local cultures, creating identities that are both rooted in South Asia and uniquely their own.