South Asian Diaspora, Transnationalism and Identity

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.

• Introduction: Diaspora, Transnationalism and Identity 1. Stuck in the Middle? Indians in South Africa’s Fading Rainbow 2. Assimilation and Symbolic Ethnicity through the Class-Ethnicity Nexus: A Study of Second-Generation Indian Immigrants in the U.S.A.3. Of Acculturative Stress and Integration Distress: The Resettlement Challenges of Bhutanese Refugees in Metro Atlanta 4. Thai-Sikh Diaspora and Identity: Participation of Sikh Students in the Extracurricular Activities at the University 5. ‘I Know My Roots are Indian but My Thinking is Kiwi’: Hybridisation, Identity and ‘Indians’ in New Zealand 6. Transgression and Power: Special Reference to Srividya Temple at Rush, New York 7. Intergenerational Entrainment: Old Age, Marriage, and Care Arrangements in Danish-Pakistani Migrant Families 8. ‘Bhadraloks’ on the Move: The Bengali Diaspora in Singapore 9. Re-engaging Sri Lanka as a Site for Reconciliation or a Perpetuation of Trauma: Roma Tearne’s Brixton Beach 10. ‘Maru Dharmaj’: Gujarati Patidar Diaspora and Transnational Engagement