Transnational migrations :   the Indian diaspora /  
edited by  William Safran, Ajaya Kumar Sahoo, Brij V. Lal. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New Delhi :   Routledge,   2009. 
 - xxxv, 174 p. :  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>1. Examining the "Global" Indian Middle Class: Gender and Culture in the Silicon Valley/Bangalore Circuit 2. 9/11 and the Indian Diaspora: Narratives of Race, Place and Immigrant Identity 3. Committed to Ethnicity, Committed to America: How Second-Generation Indian Americans' Ethnic Boundaries Further their Americanisation 4. The Indian Diaspora in Transnational Context: Social Relations and Cultural Identities of Immigrants to New York City 5. Transnationalism and the Indo-Fijian Diaspora: The Relationship of Indo-Fijians to India and its People 6. Home and Away: Diasporas, Developments and Displacements in a Globalising World 
<br/><br/> This book studies Indian diaspora, currenlty 20 million across the world, from various perspectives. It looks at the 'transnational' nature of the middle class worker. Other aspects include: post 9/11 challenges; ethnicity in USA; cultural identity versus national identity; gender issues amongst the diaspora communities. It argues that Indian middle classes have the unique advantages of skills, mobility, cultural rootedness and ethics of hard-work 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415483223 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> East Indian diaspora--Ethnic identity<br/>East Indian diaspora--Social conditions <br/>India --Emigration and immigration
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.80954  / SAT