The Global Indian Diaspora – Lec 02; UCLA, 4 April 2013. Some introductory remarks on India and on the parameters of this course. What is the nature of middle class Indian society? How are Indians to be characterized in the US? Indians and the category of “Asian Americans”. Some broad considerations about migration: the mobility […]

The Global Indian Diaspora [Lec 03]; UCLA, 9 April 2013. (Some notes for students on the assignment – writing a paper on one of the Indian diasporic films.) General comments on position of Indians in the diaspora; the case of Dubai, very briefly. Principal subject of lecture: Indian indentured system and migrations to the Caribbean, […]