Jean Regis Ramsamy

Journalist, former television news presenter (RFO - France Télévisions Reunion Première),

and Doctor of Contemporary History, genealogist and French-speaking writer. His first book (1999) was entitled ‘Les premiers bijoutiers indiens’ (The First Indian Jewellers). On 9 January 2021, he received the PBD Sâman Award, the highest distinction granted by India Government to an overseas representative. He has led several diaspora associations, including GOPIO, IDC and ODI Réunion. He made public the Arrival day of the first convoy of Indian indentured labourers in Bourbon, on 3 June 1828, ‘La Turquoise’, and plan an annual tribute to Barachois in the capital St Denis with the Tamil Federation an the IDC association.

Publications:

Histoire des bijoutiers indiens à l'Ile de La Réunion (History of Indian Jewellers on Reunion Island), Azalées Éditions, 1999.

Journal d'un Réunionnais en Inde (Diary of a Reunion Islander in India), Azalées Éditions, 2003.

La Galaxie des noms Malabar (The Galaxy of Malabar Names), Azalées Éditions, 2006.

Nalgon, bal tamoul (Nalgon, Tamil Ball), Azalées Éditions, 2009.

La Turquoise, published by the author, 2014.

Abady Égata-Patché accuse : L'engagisme, crime contre l'humanité (Abady Égata-Patché Accuses: Indentured Labour, a Crime Against Humanity), Épica Éd., 2016.