On Dec 12, 2007 7:15 AM, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But a question that has always puzzled me is whether anyone has > ever done a caste distribution study of Indian immigrants in the US. I > suspect, without proof, that they are likely to be predominantly Indians of > forward caste descent. If there is a correlation between Indian > English-speakers and forward caste, we may be hearing a narrative of India > that excludes the 95% of Indians by virtue of their lack of English that also > correlates with a complete absence of serious information about the state of > lower castes, non English speakers and the poor.
Vijay Prashad's books[1], especially 'The Karma of Brown Folk'[2] deals with the question of "forward" and "backward" caste Indian minority in the US. Also see 'A Sacred Thread: Modern Transmission of Hindu Traditions in India and Abroad'[3] Edited by Raymond Brady Williams. Thaths [1]http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Vijay+Prashad&ots=Lkgm6bw5N3&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=author-navigational&hl=en [2] http://books.google.com/books?id=3h5WIQAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:Vijay+inauthor:Prashad&ei=cyBgR_ajHYKAsgOyhs2AAg [3] http://books.google.com/books?id=3VV0VntTpvMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sacred+thread&ei=WyBgR5LHBpKetAPxxZ34AQ&sig=N8z1ffcYQg3q5sPVcPEJMirkuyw -- Bart: I want to be emancipated. Homer: Emancipated?! Don't you like being a dude? -- Homer J. Simpson Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
