(i) It was a world of faster economic growth as well as greater misery, higher income for some, and poverty for others, technological advances in some areas, and new forms of exploitation in others. In India, indentured labourers were hired under contracts which promised the return travel to India, after they had worked for five years on their employer’s plantation. (ii) Most of the indentured workers migrated in hope for a bright future, but they were exploited by the recruiting agent and by the employer. They had to pay a commission to the recruiting agent. The agents used to provides false information to the workers regarding their final destination, modes of travel, the nature of work and living and working conditions. Sometimes, agents even forcibly abducted less willing migrants.