Few Mauritians could claim fangourin-filled veins better than Salim Soobun, a cane cutter and seventh-generation Mauritian whose ancestors came over from India more than 150 years ago.
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In particular, Creoles, who make up almost a third of the population, resent the political power of Hindus and the economic dominance of the Mauritians of French origin.
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It is carried abroad in the minds and imaginations of Mauritians who live overseas, such as Shelina Permalloo, as well as freshened with ideas brought to its shores by 21st-century settlers.