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1st Edition

South Asian Diaspora, Transnationalism and Identity

Edited By Ajaya K. Sahoo, Brij Maharaj Copyright 2026
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge
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This book examines how members of the South Asian diaspora—one of the world's largest diasporic communities—forge complex, hybrid identities at the intersection of homeland traditions and host society influences. Against the backdrop of significant deterritorialization and cultural diversity, it explores the nuanced ways multiple generations navigate between preserving heritage and adapting to... Read more

Introduction: Diaspora, Transnationalism and Identity

Ajaya K. Sahoo and Brij Maharaj

 

Part I: Diaspora and Identity

 

1. Stuck in the Middle? Indians in South Africa’s Fading Rainbow

Goolam Vahed and Ashwin Desai

 

2. Assimilation and Symbolic Ethnicity through the Class-Ethnicity Nexus: A Study of Second-Generation Indian Immigrants in the U.S.A.

Anirban Mukherjee and Binay Kumar Pattnaik

 

3. Of Acculturative Stress and Integration Distress: The Resettlement Challenges of Bhutanese Refugees in Metro Atlanta

Shyam K. Sriram

 

4. Thai-Sikh Diaspora and Identity: Participation of Sikh Students in the Extracurricular Activities at the University

Anjana Warren

 

5. ‘I Know My Roots are Indian but My Thinking is Kiwi’: Hybridisation, Identity and ‘Indians’ in New Zealand

Yasmin Hussain

 

6. Transgression and Power: Special Reference to Srividya Temple at Rush, New York

P. Pratap Kumar

 

Part II: Diaspora and Transnationalism

 

7. Intergenerational Entrainment: Old Age, Marriage, and Care Arrangements in Danish-Pakistani Migrant Families

Mikkel Rytter

 

8. ‘Bhadraloks’ on the Move: The Bengali Diaspora in Singapore

Jayati Bhattacharya and Priyam Sinha

 

9. Re-engaging Sri Lanka as a Site for Reconciliation or a Perpetuation of Trauma: Roma Tearne’s Brixton Beach

Jeslyn Sharnita Amarasekera and Shanthini Pillai

 

10. ‘Maru Dharmaj’: Gujarati Patidar Diaspora and Transnational Engagement

Ratna Bharati Bhamidipati

 

 

 

Biography

Ajaya K. Sahoo is Professor and Head of the Centre for Study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad. His research interests include migration, South Asian diaspora, and transnationalism. Some of his recent publications include the Routledge Handbook of South Asian Migrations (2024) and the Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism (2023).

Brij Maharaj is Professor of Geography at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has received widespread international recognition for his research on urban politics, mega-events, segregation, local economic development, xenophobia and human rights, migration and diasporas, religion, philanthropy and development.

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