New Perspectives on the Indian Diaspora [Paperback]

1. Introduction: New Forces, New Perspectives in the Indian diaspora Part 1: Historical Perspectives 2. Indian and Chinese Global Networks 3. The Ending of Indian Indentured Emigration. The Road to 2017 4. Towards theorising the Girmitiya Diaspora: Beyond Persistence and Change Part 2: Emerging perspectives 5. Hindu Nationalism and Indian American Diasporic Mobilizations 6. Interrogating a Diasporic Lens: Narrating Singapores Indian Communities 7. Indians in Africa: Roots, Recognition and Racial Nationalism 8. Changing Dynamics of Indian Diaspora in the Gulf Region Part 3: Global Forces 9. Indian Diaspora Economics: The Entanglement of Economics with Culture 10. Hindutva in Western Societies: Entanglements and Paradoxes

This book critically examines new perspectives on the transformations in Indian diaspora. It studies the changing perspectives on the historical background of the Indian diaspora and analyses fresh and emerging views in response to new configurations in diaspora relations.

This book critically examines new perspectives on the transformations in the Indian diaspora. It studies the changing perspectives on the historical background of the diaspora and analyses fresh and emerging views in response to new configurations in diaspora relations. The volume highlights the transformation of the old Indian diaspora into a new ensemble in which economic, ideological and cultural forces predominate and interact closely. It looks at various themes including Indian indentured emigration to sugar colonies, comparisons between labour migration from India and China, the Girmitiya diaspora, the Indian diaspora in Africa and the rise of racial nationalism, Indias soft power in the Gulf region, and the repurposing of the Hindutva idea of India for Western societies as undertaken by diaspora communities.

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