Post-Diasporic Engagements

Sajaudeen Chapparban (Dr.) is an Assistant Professor of Diaspora Studies at the Central University of Gujarat. He was also a visiting fellow at the University of Illinois, Brandeis University, University of Religions and Denominations, Iran, the University of Connecticut, the University of Wyoming, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research focuses on diaspora, migration, refugees, culture, identity, languages, and literature of the diaspora. His recent publications include Literature of Girmitya: History, Culture, and Identity (2023). Co-edited with Neha Singh and research article, "Transnational Subalternity: A Sub Theory within Subaltern Studies and the Post Migration Experience," (2024).

This volume offers a critical rethinking of diaspora through the framework of post-diasporic engagements. Focusing on Indian diasporic experiences, essays in this book examine how diasporic subjects actively negotiate identity, power, and participation across transnational spaces shaped by processes of globalisation, inequality, and technological advancements. By foregrounding agency, hybridity, and everyday practices of engagement, this volume moves beyond symbolic notions of homeland to explore lived, multi-sited, multi-layered experiences of Indian diasporic communities. With attention to internal diversities and minority perspectives—such as caste, religion, gender, and disability—this book opens new directions in contemporary diaspora and global studies.- Prof. Amit Kumar Mishra,Ambedkar University Delhi, India.Fellow, Royal Historical Society UK.

• Part I: Introduction The Post-Diasporic Engagements: New Perspectives on Indian Diasporas in the 21st Century Part II: Indian Diasporas: History and Contemporary Relevance 1. Goodbye Jewish Diaspora, Hello Indian Diaspora: An Unlikely Comparison 2. Jewish India Diaspora: A Comparative Inquiry into Birthland vs. Homeland 3. Sepoy Soldiers migrated from India to the West Indies/Caribbean after their mutiny in 1857 4. The Relevance of Struggle Literature from the Indentured Diaspora in the 21st Century 5. Redefining Narratives: Women’s Agency and Resilience in the Indian Indenture System 6. Revisiting India through the Prism of Cultural Memory: Ruminations of Indian Indentured Labourers in South Africa 7. Cherished Memories of the Early Second Wave Migrant from Fiji 8. Migration, Survival Strategies and Changing Behaviour: Representation of Trans-colonial Migrants in Malayalam Fictions 9. Continued Exploitation of the Indentured Laborers: A psychological reading of Indo-Guyanese migrants to Trinidad 10. The Qu’ayti Realm in Hyderabad and Hadhramaut, 1843 – 1948: A Case of Political Capitalism Part III: Socio-Economic and Political Perspectives 11. Indian Diaspora in the Gulf: The North Indian Experiences 12. Indian Diaspora as a Factor in India-Myanmar Relations 13. Exploring the Implications of Male Migration to Gulf Countries on Women and Families in Northern Indian Villages 14. Repositioning Diaspora Philanthropy between Promoting Development and Removing Inequality 15. Indian Migrant Workers in Oman: Issues and Opportunities 16. Diaspora and Foreign Policy: An Appraisal of the Emerging Role of Indian Diaspora Part IV: Minority Identities in Diaspora: Religion, Disability, Caste, and Gender 17. Understanding Diaspora through Urdu Poetry: Migration, Memory, and Cultural Identity 18. Negotiating Belonging: Agency of Urdu Diaspora in International Relations 19. Bhojpuri Diaspora in the United Arab Emirates: An Ethnographic Study about its Impact and Consequences 20. Race, Religion, and Nationalism in the Diasporic Experience of Indian Muslims 21. Diaspora, Institutions, and Media Constructions of Historical Memory: The Settlement of South Asian Ismaili Muslims in Canada 22. Religion and Constructing Identities: A Generational Perspective on Sikh Diaspora in the Netherlands 23. Changing Taste, Identity & Women Food Bloggers: A Study of Indian Diaspora in the United States 24. Indian Diaspora and Disability: Mapping History, Culture and Memory in Madan Vasista’s Deaf in DC: A Memoir 25. Indentured Women and their Journey 'Crossing the Kala Pani' 26. Mirroring Diversities: Caste and Gender in the South Asian Diaspora — Disjunctures and Possibilities