I, Parshu Ram Bachu, am the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Bachu Sardar. We were ten brothers and sisters. I am the last one of them. I never knew my father. He died in July 1930 and I was born in October 1930 in Samabula. Bal Ram Bachu, our eldest brother, was our father figure. We called him Babu-ji. He was a very strict person and we called him Hitler, which he didn’t know. Our mother was very strict woman, god loving and very neat in appearance. She used to read Hindi religious books to ladies in Samabula. All the ladies in Samabula used to call her Sardarin. I was very proud of her neatness and god loving. She used to tell me ‘son never fear God – love God because he is your true father’.
I went to school at Samabula Government Indian School and Seven Day Adventist School. I played soccer. As my elder brother Nand Lal Bachu was a well-known player, I also joined his soccer club – Jolly Brothers Sports Club. We both represented Suva and Fiji in soccer.
My brother Tulsi and nephew Hari Lal played for Suva too. While playing soccer I met my wife Sakina (KINA). We got married and Ravi Bachu is our eldest son. Ravi is married to Sushila and they have two children, Ramona and Rohan Bachu. Our eldest daughter, Rita is married to Jai Reddy and living in America and has a son Rahul who lives in New Zealand. Our youngest daughter, Raneeta is married to David Prasad and has a pair of twins, a boy (Damian) and a girl (Renee). They are living in New Zealand.
We were a very close family. My mother was very fond of her grandchildren. They all used to come for the weekends and public holidays; most of them stayed with us and went to school too.
Best wishes and God Bless.