Hi Eugene,
Regret I do not about this particular book. However, I sounds interesting
from the title.
Cornel
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From: "Eugene Correia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: [Goanet]diaspora books
Found the book on the net. Want to know from Cornel or
other UK goanetters if the book is still available.
Eugene
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Kusoom Vadgama: India in Britain The Indian
Contribution to the British Way of
Life (Robert Royce Limited, 1984).
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In Diaspora: Theories, Histories, Texts
Edited by Makarand Paranjape
"Over the last twenty years or so, it seems as if the
Indian diaspora has suddenly come of age. Shedding its
minority status, it has demonstrated its inclination
for becoming a majority, not in the sense of numerical
superiority, but of growing up, maturing, attaining
self-apprehension and self-expression. It can now look
at itself, the host country, and the homeland, with a
critical humor that has not necessarily dulled its
passion or lessened the intensity of its engagement.
Moreover, the Indian diaspora has become an important
economic force, whose reputed net worth exceeds
hundreds of billions of dollars. It is, at once, more
mobile and cohesive than ever before, what with faster
means of travel and communication. Not only has the
old diaspora made inroads into the new, but the access
of all the scattered peoples of Indian origin to
India, the motherland, has also increased
dramatically. Now, it actually seems as if this
diaspora has an unprecedented ascendancy and leverage
both in the host country and the homeland. Perhaps its
days of 'impossible mourning,' to use Vijay Mishra's
phrase, might at last be at an end...."
Makarand Paranjape, a widely published scholar,
critic, poet, and columnist, is currently Professor of
English at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Contributors
Alka Kumar Brinda Bose
C. Vijayasree Deepika Bahri
Harish Narang Henry Schwarz
Jasbir Jain K. Satchidanandan
K. S. Maniam Makarand Paranjape
Manjit Inder Singh Pratyusha Basu
R. Raj Rao Satendra Nandan
Shanthini Pillai Shiva Kumar Srinivasan
Sudhir Kumar Susanna Checketts
Uma Parameswaran Vijay Mishra
Vinay Lal
Paperback
368 pages
Price US $ 10.95
ISBN 81-87981-06-7
http://www.indialog.co.in/publications/indiaspora.asp
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