Pankaj Jain is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas, USA.

"Pankaj Jain has done a great service both to the Indian American community and to the wider public with this valuable and timely book. Engagingly written, with humor and clarity, the reader comes away with a vivid sense of the Indian American experience. The chapter on the often overlooked Jain community is a particular strength of this work, which is sure to become an indispensable volume in the literature on multicultural studies." - Jeffery D. Long, Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Elizabethtown College, USA

• Preface: being Hindu, being Jain, being American Acknowledgments 1 Introduction2 Before “coolies,” beyond “cyber coolies”: Indians: the silent minority 3 Indians and Ayurveda in the American food and healthcare industries4 Indian classical and Hindu music in America 5 Jains in North America 6 Indian Americans and civic engagements 7 Conclusion Appendix 1: the Jain Society of North Texas by Anant Jain Appendix 2: Jain Diaspora, poem by Cromwell Crawford Appendix 3: Jain temples in North America Appendix 4: list of universities offering Jain Studies by Sulekh Jain Appendix 5: a brief art history of Jain sculpture in North America Appendix 6: an interview about celebrating Asian holidays in Texas public schools Bibliography Index