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The work is partly autobiographical. The fourth section, 'The Night of the Mongrels' is a fragment from the author's memoirs of the coups in Fiji.
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Dedication: For Amma and Ivy
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Epigraph: A man's destination is not his destiny. / Every country is home to one man / And exile to another. Where a man dies bravely / At one with his destiny, that soil is his. / Let his village remember. T. S. Eliot, To the Indians who Died in Africa
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Leaving/Living: A Study of Three Immigrant Writers in Relation to Australian Identity
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia and India : Interconnections : Identity, Representation, Belonging 2006; (p. 168-181)Keya Majumdar says: 'My point of interest in this article would be to see how between the cracks of the diasporic narratives appear not the text of the Diaspora alone, but the inherent meaning of humanity. My study also hopes to find an emergent horizon of consensus, based on the international appreciation of the new generation of expatriates who outlook, as depicted in both Gooneratne's and Khan's narratives, signifies a committed movement towards multiculturalism.'
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Migration, Dispossession, Exile and the Diasporic Consciousness : The Body Politic of Fiji
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Shifting Continents/Colliding Cultures : Diaspora Writing of the Indian Subcontinent 2000; (p. 35-54) Nandan writes of Indian migration to the South Pacific, the colonial discourse of the noble savage, the experience of exile following the 1987 coup, literary responses to that exile, and the formation of a 'diasporic consciousness' (46). -
Little Histories : Diasporan Family Narratives in Australia
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southern Review , vol. 30 no. 2 1997; (p. 212-225) New Directions in Australian Studies : Papers of the Inaugural Conference of The Asian Association for the Study of Australia (ASAA), "Creative Configurations", Kerala, India (1997) 2000; (p. 262-280) -
Paradise Lost in the South Pacific
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 45 1993; (p. 184-187)
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Healing the Wounded Sea: A Study of Satendra Nandan's 'Voices in the River' and 'The Wounded Sea'
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literature Today 1993; (p. 211-219)
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Cries from Hearts Torn by Dispossesssion
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 April 1991; (p. 47)
— Review of The Wounded Sea 1991 single work novel autobiography -
Reversing into the Future via Life in the Past Lane
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 April 1991; (p. rev 5)
— Review of The Wounded Sea 1991 single work novel autobiography -
A Gift of First Fruits
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 130 1991; (p. 18)
— Review of The Wounded Sea 1991 single work novel autobiography -
The Sea that Remembers All
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 March 1991; (p. B9)
— Review of The Wounded Sea 1991 single work novel autobiography -
[Review] The Wounded Sea
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , September vol. 36 no. 3 1991; (p. 118-120)
— Review of The Wounded Sea 1991 single work novel autobiography -
Migration, Dispossession, Exile and the Diasporic Consciousness : The Body Politic of Fiji
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Shifting Continents/Colliding Cultures : Diaspora Writing of the Indian Subcontinent 2000; (p. 35-54) Nandan writes of Indian migration to the South Pacific, the colonial discourse of the noble savage, the experience of exile following the 1987 coup, literary responses to that exile, and the formation of a 'diasporic consciousness' (46). -
Leaving/Living: A Study of Three Immigrant Writers in Relation to Australian Identity
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia and India : Interconnections : Identity, Representation, Belonging 2006; (p. 168-181)Keya Majumdar says: 'My point of interest in this article would be to see how between the cracks of the diasporic narratives appear not the text of the Diaspora alone, but the inherent meaning of humanity. My study also hopes to find an emergent horizon of consensus, based on the international appreciation of the new generation of expatriates who outlook, as depicted in both Gooneratne's and Khan's narratives, signifies a committed movement towards multiculturalism.'
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Shelf Life [The Age (Saturday Extra), 30 March 1991]
1991
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column
— Appears in: The Age , 30 March 1991; (p. 6) -
Little Histories : Diasporan Family Narratives in Australia
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southern Review , vol. 30 no. 2 1997; (p. 212-225) New Directions in Australian Studies : Papers of the Inaugural Conference of The Asian Association for the Study of Australia (ASAA), "Creative Configurations", Kerala, India (1997) 2000; (p. 262-280) -
A Country Lost, a Home Found
1990
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 November 1990; (p. 21-22)
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