Edited by Laxmi Narayan Kadekar, Ajaya Kumar Sahoo and Gauri Bhattacharya

Table of Contents : Old Indian Diaspora -

• Language Loss, Language Maintenance: The Case of Bhojpuri and Hindi in Mauritius - Vinesh Hookoomsing
• Urbanism and Death of Religion: Strategies of Religious Manifestation on Modern Society - P. Pratap Kumar
• Ethnicity, Class, State and Conflict: The ‘Indian Question’ in Natal, South Africa - Brij Maharaj
• The Relevance of Life History Writings as a Methodological Technique of Social Inquiry: The Autobiography of Munshi Rahman Khan in Understanding the Indian Diaspora - Mohan K. Gautam
• The Indian Diaspora in the West Indies/Caribbean: A Cultural History of Trials and Tribulations - Kumar Mahabir
• Transforming Diaspora: Familiarity with Indian Terrains - Karthiyaini Devarajoo.

New Indian Diaspora - Chapters on

• Migration if IT and Health Professionals
• Globalisation
• India’s Hyderabadis
• Emerging Issues in Greater India
• Shock of Return

Kumar Mahabir

is a full-time anthropologist at the University of Guyana (UG) and Fellow of The Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library (2022-23). He is a former Assistant Professor at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). He obtained his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida (UF). As a doctoral student, he won a Florida Caribbean Institute Award, an A. Curtis Wilgus Grant, and an Organization of American States (OAS) Fellowship.
Mahabir received a National Award (Hummingbird Silver Medal) for his contribution to education in his country in 2011. He was among 50 recipients who received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the UWI Alumni Association.
Mahabir is the author of 12 books to date.

The Indian Diaspora: Historical and Contemporary Context

Edited by Laxmi Narayan Kadekar, Ajaya Kumar Sahoo and Gauri Bhattacharya

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