1st Edition
Post-Diasporic Engagements New Perspectives on Indian Diasporas in the 21st Century
Foreword - Brij Maharaj
Preface - Amit Kumar Mishra
Part I: Introduction
The Post-Diasporic Engagements: New Perspectives on Indian Diasporas in the 21st Century
Sajaudeen Nijamodeen Chapparban
Part II: Indian Diasporas: History and Contemporary Relevance
1. Goodbye Jewish Diaspora, Hello Indian Diaspora: An Unlikely Comparison
Robin Cohen
2. Jewish India Diaspora: A Comparative Inquiry into Birthland vs. Homeland
William F.S. Miles
3. Sepoy Soldiers migrated from India to the West Indies/Caribbean after their mutiny in 1857
Kumar Mahabir
4. The Relevance of Struggle Literature from the Indentured Diaspora in the 21st Century
Aman Singh Maharaj
5. Redefining Narratives: Women’s Agency and Resilience in the Indian Indenture System
Gunja Patni and Sheehan S. Khan
6. Revisiting India through the Prism of Cultural Memory: Ruminations of Indian Indentured Labourers in South Africa
Arijit Mondal
7. Cherished Memories of the Early Second Wave Migrant from Fiji
Sharnit S. Gosai and Sunil Kumar
8. Migration, Survival Strategies and Changing Behaviour: Representation of Trans-colonial Migrants in Malayalam Fictions
Jiji K V
9. Continued Exploitation of the Indentured Laborers: A psychological reading of Indo-Guyanese migrants to Trinidad
Shalima Mohammed
10. The Qu’ayti Realm in Hyderabad and Hadhramaut, 1843 – 1948: A Case of Political Capitalism
Christian Lekon
Part III: Socio-Economic and Political Perspectives
11. Indian Diaspora in the Gulf: The North Indian Experiences
Anisur Rahman
12. Indian Diaspora as a Factor in India-Myanmar Relations
Amba Pande
13. Exploring the Implications of Male Migration to Gulf Countries on Women and Families in Northern Indian Villages
Azizur Rahman Azami
14. Repositioning Diaspora Philanthropy between Promoting Development and Removing Inequality
Binod Khadria
15. Indian Migrant Workers in Oman: Issues and Opportunities
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
16. Diaspora and Foreign Policy: An Appraisal of the Emerging Role of Indian Diaspora
Sarita Bag
Part IV: Minority Identities in Diaspora: Religion, Disability, Caste, and Gender
17. Understanding Diaspora through Urdu Poetry: Migration, Memory, and Cultural Identity
Shugufta Shaheen and Shah Alam
18. Negotiating Belonging: Agency of Urdu Diaspora in International Relations
Habeeb Pulparambil
19. Bhojpuri Diaspora in the United Arab Emirates: An Ethnographic Study about its Impact and Consequences
Mohammed Taukeer
20. Race, Religion, and Nationalism in the Diasporic Experience of Indian Muslims
Karim H Karim
22. Religion and Constructing Identities: A Generational Perspective on Sikh Diaspora in the Netherlands
Atinder Pal Kaur
23. Changing Taste, Identity & Women Food Bloggers: A Study of Indian Diaspora in the United States
Sinorita Mazumder and Ajailiu Niumai
24. Indian Diaspora and Disability: Mapping History, Culture and Memory in Madan Vasista’s Deaf in DC: A Memoir
Mohaiminul Islam
25. Indentured Women and their Journey `Crossing the Kala Pani’
Kalpana Hiralal
26. Mirroring Diversities: Caste and Gender in the South Asian Diaspora — Disjunctures and Possibilities
Aparna Lanjewar Bose
Biography
Sajaudeen Chapparban (Dr.) is an Assistant Professor of Diaspora Studies at the Central University of Gujarat. He was also a visiting fellow at the University of Illinois, Brandeis University, University of Religions and Denominations, Iran, the University of Connecticut, the University of Wyoming, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research focuses on diaspora, migration, refugees, culture, identity, languages, and literature of the diaspora. His recent publications include Literature of Girmitya: History, Culture, and Identity (2023). Co-edited with Neha Singh and research article, "Transnational Subalternity: A Sub Theory within Subaltern Studies and the Post Migration Experience," (2024).
This volume offers a critical rethinking of diaspora through the framework of post-diasporic engagements. Focusing on Indian diasporic experiences, essays in this book examine how diasporic subjects actively negotiate identity, power, and participation across transnational spaces shaped by processes of globalisation, inequality, and technological advancements. By foregrounding agency, hybridity, and everyday practices of engagement, this volume moves beyond symbolic notions of homeland to explore lived, multi-sited, multi-layered experiences of Indian diasporic communities. With attention to internal diversities and minority perspectives—such as caste, religion, gender, and disability—this book opens new directions in contemporary diaspora and global studies.
- Prof. Amit Kumar Mishra,
Ambedkar University Delhi, India.
Fellow, Royal Historical Society UK.
