She has written history about the women in India who were not treated fairly and their existence was not acknowledged. More than that she wrote about her great-grandmother. I think it is missing a lot of information in there. For example, she mentioned that she had to work hard to find the important information needed but she couldn’t do it either. Because of the information she has, it’s not official. She searched from various sources like “ I looked for clues in visual traces and the oral tradition: folk songs, oral histories, photographs and colonial-era postcards, even a traditional tattoo on the forearms of elderly Indo-Caribbean women. Perhaps most daringly, I turned to the self and wrote about my own journeys: to India,…”
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Hi Thuc,
So I suppose unofficial resources can be tricky as they aren’t official reports. However, as we saw in her story, even official documents tend to shield actual truths that actually occurred. Take those diaries for example. Some of the information did see scattered but when there are large gaps in a story sometimes we try our best to fill them in. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!