THE INDIAN DIASPORA: Historical and Contemporary Context

This book offers rich insights into the historical processes, dynamics of contemporary global forces and influences on identity issues, generational differences, and issues arising in the Indian diaspora. The first section addresses the issues of struggle for retention of cultural identities of Indians in the old diasporic countries. The second section focuses on the contemporary context of migration of Indians to the developed countries and their contribution to the economy of host societies as well as to the country of origin. This book will be useful not only to sociologists but also to scholars working in the fields of anthropology, political science, geography, history, literary, cultural, ethnic and migration studies.