1st Edition
Diaspora Engagement at a Time of Crisis
Preface
S. Irudaya Rajan and AKM Ahsan Ullah
1. From knowledge to action: South Asian diaspora engagement in times of crisis
S. Irudaya Rajan and AKM Ahsan Ullah
2. Academic diaspora response in crisis: an alternative approach
K. M. Ahsan Ullah
3. Mobilizing to support those most in need: the importance of diasporic social capital during the COVID-19 pandemic
Melissa Kelly and Ashika Niraula
4. ‘Lending a helping hand to my people back home in times of crisis’: Kerala diaspora network’s presence in times of crisis in the Gulf migration corridor
S. Irudaya Rajan, S. Shibinu and Rohit Irudayarajan
5. ‘Will I be able to see my family ever again?’ Tales from the Indian diaspora in times of COVID-19 in Singapore
Diotima Chattoraj
6. Diasporic engagement and the climate crisis in Kerala: inclusive disaster relief and reconstruction?
Steve Taylor, Deborah Booth and Rohit Irudayarajan
7. Migration, debt, and transnational livelihood: Indian labour diasporas in the GCC states amid the pandemic
Pranav Raj and Md Mizanur Rahman
8. Resilient women: transnational homes and identities in Tahmima Anam's A Golden Age
Hannah Ming Yit Ho
Biography
S Irudaya Rajan is Chair of the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD), Kerala, India and chair of the KNOMAD (the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development) thematic working group on internal migration and urbanisation, World Bank. He is one of the expert committee members to advise the Government of Kerala on Covid-19. Prior to this, he was a Professor at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS). Professor Rajan is the editor of two Routledge series - India Migration Report and South Asia Migration Report.
AKM Ahsan Ullah is Associate Professor of Geography, Environment and Development at the University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD). He has worked with various prestigious institutions such as the City University of Hong Kong, Dalhousie University in Canada, the American University in Cairo, Osnabruck University, Germany, and the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, among others. His research focuses on important global issues such as population migration, human rights, development, globalisation, and the environment. He has published 15 books, 60 articles in leading academic journals, and 40 book chapters.
