Georgia+Lala

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====This website is about my great grandfather Dahya Lala, who came to New Zealand in search of better life. He had to leave his friends and family, and all his loved ones This is the story about his life and dreams... media type="custom" key="3765081"Dahya Lala traveled from India to New Zealand by steam ship. The journey took 2-3 weeks. Dahya left behind his friends and family in India to look for better life in New Zealand. He didn't see his wife of children (including his new born son Hira) for 5 years! Dahya did though travel with some of his friends for support. When he and his friends were on the ship it must of been strange for them because had a different colour of skin so every one must have stared at them, Dahya spoke of this in his diary saying " We were a small group of Indian men and the white people on the ship stared at us." That might have been why Dahya chose to travel in a group, so that they could support each other through the trip. But poor Dahya when he finally arrived in New Zealand knew no English. He and his friends had trouble reading even the simplest of signs. Dahya soon learnt how to speak English and him and his friends started to find life a bit easier. When Dahya's group arrived in New Zealand they bought a flat to live in all together. Dahya spent the years earning money to buy tickets for the steam ship so his family could come to New Zealand to live with him. Dahya soon got a job at a fruit shop and lived at the back of the fruit shop instead of living in his old flat. After 25 hard years of work he finally saved enough money to get his family to New Zealand. The Lala generation have lived in New Zealand ever since all thanks to Dahya Lala. ====

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Bibliography
Dahya's Diary, My Dad (Harish) My Grandfather (Hira) 