Migration, Mobility and Multiple Affiliations: Punjabis in a Transnational World [Hardcover]

This edited volume discusses how the Punjabi transnational experience has impacted Indian transnationalism and led to a diverse diaspora.As immigration policies and asylum politics are not static, this book studies how migration often leads to households that are composed simultaneously of 'citizens', 'visitors' and 'illegal foreigners'. In studying Punjabi transnationalism, this book records how it has impacted Indian transnationalism and creates a holistic picture about the Punjabi diaspora.As immigration policies and asylum politics are not static, this book studies how migration often leads to households that are composed simultaneously of 'citizens', 'visitors' and 'illegal foreigners'. In studying Punjabi transnationalism, this book records how it has impacted Indian transnationalism and creates a holistic picture about the Punjabi diaspora.Migration, Mobility and Multiple Affiliations studies Punjabi transnational life from perspectives that have relevance for contemporary policy, planning and governance. It analyses the spatially widespread, integrated and complex Punjabi diaspora while reflecting its vulnerability in an increasingly globalized world. Besides an overarching introduction and a historical overview, this book covers shifting contours of international migration, social structure and organizational links, the interrelationship between education and migration, and family networks of the Punjabi emigrants.Introduction: transnational world and Indian Punjab: contemporary issues S. Irudaya Rajan, Aswini Kumar Nanda and V. J. Varghese; Part I. A Historical Survey: 1. Punjabis in America Bruce La Brack; 2. PunjabiSikh migration: Latin America: a geographic profile Swarn Singh Kahlon; 3. Punjabis/Sikhs in Canada Usha George and Ferzana Chaze; 4. Punjabi migration, settlement and experience in the UK Shinder S. Thandi; Part II. Shifting Contours of Migration: 5. Ziddi Mundeh: political asylum, transnational movement and the migrations of men Radhika Cholé