When indentured servants left the Indian subcontinent by ship and found its way moving deeper into the sea, that sea was referred to as Kali Pani. Meaning Black Water. Once crossed into it, one would lose its social respectability and caste. 

On top of that - Indentured servitude lead to horrendous conditions, violence and sexual assault on plantations, enduring hardship and trauma. So much destruction came about. At the same time people’s lives were starting over. It was a time of creation. Life as they knew looked a lot different and they had to adapt and build upon a foundation in which its soil was not what they were used to. It took some time to finally build a life that felt good again and felt like home. They endured and they survived. 

Kali Pani is more than what was lost, it’s about what was created and born in spite of it.

The beauty after the destruction.