Diversities in the Indian diaspora: nature, implications, responses/ edited by N. Jayaram.

Originally published: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references.

List of tables and figures ; foreword by peter ronald desouza ; ipreface ; list of abbreviations ; 1. Introduction: understanding diversities in the indian diaspora, n. Jayaram ; part i: diaspora from an indian state: punjab ; 2. Diversity within the punjabi diaspora and the construction of nationhood, paramjit s. Judge ; 3. From product to process: sikhs in southeast asia, ravindra k. Jain ; part ii: diversity in the diaspora locale ; 4. Integration, assimilation, or multiple identities: the case of the malaysian indian diaspora, t. Marimuthu ; 5. State policies and the indian diaspora in malaysia, amit kumar mishra ; 6. India-in-diaspora: a mauritian perspective,vinesh y. Hookoomsing ; 7. Locality and identity in the indian diaspora: reinvention of regional/linguistic diversities in mauritius, chandrashekhar bhat and t.l.s. Bhaskar ; 8. The indian communities in overseas territories of france: problems of identity and culture, j.c. Sharma ; part iii: case studies of diasporic communities ; 9. Identity, ethnicity, and marginalization: the cochini jews in israel, ginu zacharia oommen ; 10. Exploring the global jain diaspora, prakash c. Jain ; 11. Diaspora: a mirror to indian diversity? Caste, brahmanism, and the new diaspora, kamala ganesh ; part iv: gender and identity in the diaspora ; 12. Understanding gender diversities in the indian diaspora, aparna rayaprol ; 13. Identity construction in the diaspora, vijay agnew ; part v: india and the indian diaspora ; 14. Heterogeneous diaspora and asymmetrical orientations: india, indians, and the indian diaspora, n. Jayaram ; notes on contributors