Luve ni yali: Lost son of a seasonal worker

 

By Satish Chand

Luve ni yali, a newborn, was issued a fresh certificate of identity by a Pacific diplomatic mission in Canberra so that he could be repatriated home with his mother, a temporary migrant worker who fell pregnant while in Australia.  Mary, the mother, is now a battered divorcee.  The biological father is not even aware of the repatriation, and in any case does not care as ‘Luve-ni-yali’ is now ‘out of his sight and therefore out of his mind’.  Mary has two other children from her only husband, and they are both living at home.  Mary is dark but ‘Luve ni . . .

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