Fiji academic and former politician Dr Ganesh Chand talks to Radio Tarana's Sanjesh Narain about the use of the word "vulagi" (visitors) being used to refer to Fiji Indians by opposition party MPs. The debate on whether Indians in Fiji are "vulagi" (visitors) has reached offshore, and discussion in the New Zealand media is getting intense. Supplied Dr Ganesh Chand, academic and former Fiji politician. This week, Fiji academic and former politician Dr Ganesh Chand, while addressing a Forced labour and Migration Conference, said Fiji Indians should stop demanding to be called "Fijians". "Vulagi is actually made of two parts 'vu' and 'lagi' - together they become 'vulagi', Chand said.

Source: Stuff July 18, 2019 06:22 UTC