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    Indian diaspora, 1974-2004-A select bibliography
    ( 2004-12-01) Sahoo, Sadananda ; Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar ; Pradhan, Fakir Mohan
    Over the last one decade, the study of the Indian Diaspora has emerged as a rich area of multidisciplinary research interest. In this bibliographical compilation, we list the major works in the last 25 years. Since the sources and disciplines are varied, we could not access all the published materials. We hope the compilations will fulfill its objective of providing background knowledge to new scholars as well as academicians pursuing research on Indian Diaspora.
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    Transnational networks of Indian diasporic communities: The case of Telugu diaspora
    ( 2005-01-01) Bhat, Chandrashekhar ; Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar
    A significant feature of all diasporic communities is their linkage or network with the motherland, imaginary or real. While some of the diasporic communities are fortunate to engage in close interaction with their motherland, others have to be contented with the images retained. The intensity of these linkages were based on the proximity or distance-geographical and cultural - between the motherland and the host society and the affordability on the part of the immigrants. Closer the proximity of the diaspora from the motherland greater was the intensity of networks and cultural continuity, including retention of the mother tongue. The recent advancement in the technology of travel, communication and transport has resulted complicated impact on the total situational context. The present article examines the multiple networks of Indian diasporic communities in the contemporary context of globalization. It also examines the rise of the above networks of Indian diaspora, illustrating the case of Telugu diaspora.
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    Hinduism in the diaspora: A select bibliography
    ( 2005-03-01) Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar
    Hinduism the third largest religion in the world after Christianity and Islam, has been carried far beyond its country of origin by waves of emigrants. In this bibliographical compilation, the major works (such as edited books, articles and monographs) published over the last few years on Hinduism in the diaspora have been listed. Since the sources and disciplines are varied, not all the published materials could be accessed. It is hoped that the compilation will fulfil its objective of providing background knowledge to new scholars as well as academicians pursuing research on Hinduism in the diaspora.
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    Hinduism in the diaspora
    ( 2005-03-01) Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar
    For Indian immigrants in foreign lands, religion came to be identified with ethnicity and identity. Hinduisms avatars in the diaspora include both the priestly as well as folk varieties, and also, hybrid, syncretic forms that developed in some parts of the world such as the Caribbean. Though sectarianisms have been transplanted too, non-sectarian, universalisée strains, whose antecedents can be traced back to social reformers like Raja Rammohan Roy, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Vivekananda and Ramakrishna, have been gaining ground. Ironically, though, by linking Indian community identity with Hindusim, other religious groups like Muslims have come to be alienated.
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    Social Movements in India: A Select Bibliography
    ( 2005-06-01) Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar
    This bibliographic compilation lists the major works on social movements published in the last few years. All published materials could not be accessed, but it is hoped that the compilation will fulfill its objective of providing background knowledge to scholars and academics.
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    Social work, spirituality, and diasporic communities: The case of the Sathya Sai Baba movement
    ( 2006-01-20) Sangha, Dave ; Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar
    The discourse surrounding the role of spirituality in social work practice has been expanding exponentially in recent years. Similarly, the discourse surrounding the role of spirituality among diasporic communities has expanded in recent times as well. In this paper, we will consider the linkages between social work, spirituality, and diaspora. We will focus our discussion on a particular diasporic spiritual community, the Sathya Sai Baba movement and its social service activities. We will then consider the implications of such spiritual movements for the social work profession. Among the key issues explored in this paper are the change in the social construction of populations that have moved between two countries as 'immigrant communities' to 'diasporic communities' and the implications of these changes for social work. Another critical issue we discuss is how working with spiritual movements may help address the 'spiritual deficit' concern that some social work academics have referred to, and indirectly at least, we begin to address 'the social work crisis' issue that has negatively affected the social work profession over the last few years. Copyright © by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
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    Issues of identity in the Indian Diaspora: A transnational perspective
    ( 2006-03-01) Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar
    India is unique for the magnitude of her diversities in terms of languages and regions, religions and sects, castes and subcastes, rural and urban, food and style of dress, which are also reflected by her diasporic communities. There are diasporic communities formed on the basis of linguistic or regional identities such as Punjabis, Gujaratis, Sindhis, Tamils, Malayalees and Telugus. Global organizations such as Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), World Telugu Federation (WTF), and World Punjabi Organization (WPO), have recently emerged to preserve and promote the identities and cultures of Indians, uniting transnationally India and the global Indian diaspora. The past decade has witnessed a phenomenal dynamism among the diasporic communities, made possible by the recent advancement in technologies of travel, transport, and communications. Not only did these developments bring the diasporic communities and their motherland closer but they also facilitated in bringing together the members of their community dispersed around the world. The present article examines this emerging trend with the illustration of one of the important regional Indian diasporic communities, the Gujarati Diaspora. Gujaratis, the people from the central western parts of India, are one of the early Indian communities who have ventured out to different parts of the world for multiple reasons. Today, as one of the prominent Indian diasporic communities in the world, Gujaratis are successful not only in business, which is their first love, but also in professional fields such as technology, science, medicine, and business management. © Koninklijke Brill NV 2006.
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    Prologue
    ( 2007-01-01) Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar ; Narayan, K. Laxmi
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    Some reflections on Indian diaspora in Canada
    ( 2007-01-01) Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar
    Although Indian emigration has been taking place for centuries, never before in history India witnessed such massive movements of people from India to other parts of the world as in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the immigrants of diverse nationalities, overseas Indians constitute a sizable segment. Following an introductory note on the demographic profile of Canada, the present paper discusses the nature of Indian emigration and the emergence of institutions to promote Indian identities in Canada. © Serials Publications.
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    Reconceptualising 'immigrants': The idea of transnational citizens and its implications for social work
    ( 2007-10-01) Sahoo, A. K. ; Sangha, D.
    The social work profession has tended to conceptualise immigrants as 'citizens in development'; that is, individuals who are undergoing a process towards becoming citizens of the receiving country/society. By reviewing some of the literature on emigrants from India and from the literature on diasporic communities, we will consider the implications for social work.
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    Tracing an Indian diaspora: Contexts, memories, representations
    ( 2008-01-01) Raghuram, Parvati ; Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar ; Maharaj, Brij ; Sangha, Dave
    The concept of diaspora has been much debated during the past decade in terms of the essential and additional features that go with it, arguing which groups or communities could beuld not be designated as diaspora. The Indian diaspora today, with a strong community constituting more than 20 million and spreading across a hundred countries, continues to grow in size and making its transnational presence felt. This collection of essays traces some of the plurality with the Indian context as well as in the context of globalization, and transnationalism. The book discusses the migratory movements that have led to the formation of the Indian diaspora and formation to diasporic practices-the ways and means of remembering and enacting diasporic belonging and the sites and spaces where such narratives of belonging are performed and how these issues are played out through texts, and rituals such as pilgrimages and building temples.
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    Thinking ‘Indian diaspora’ for our times
    ( 2008-01-01) Raghuram, Parvati ; Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar
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    Indian diaspora in transnational contexts: Introduction
    ( 2008-02-01) Safran, William ; Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar ; Lal, Brij V.
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    Editorial
    ( 2009-03-01) Sahoo, Ajaya
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    Diaspora and cultural heritage: The case of Indians in Canada
    ( 2010-02-01) Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar ; Sangha, Dave
    The present paper examines the historical and contemporary context of Indian communities in Canada from a cultural heritage perspective and analyses the processes of migration, settlement and cultural identity. It also examines the challenges of developing museum exhibits which depict the Indian diaspora in Canada. Despite its colourful history and its growing size and prominence in Canadian society, the Indian diaspora has not been the subject of much interest by Canadian museums. While recognising the necessity of working with local communities and thereby reflecting local concerns, it is submitted that any museum exhibit attempting to portray the complex set of experiences of the Indian diaspora in Canada should include some portrayal of the highly marginalised position which the Indian community faced when it first established themselves in the early 1900s. In addition to this historical focus, any attempt to portray the contemporary Indian diaspora needs to portray its growing diversity and its efforts to maintain, and in many cases modify and 'hybridise', cultural practices. Such a display would also have to reflect the influence of transnational forces on the contemporary Indian diaspora. Ultimately, efforts by museums to develop exhibits reflecting the Indian presence in Canada will only further the aims of its widely praised state policy of multiculturalism. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
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    From 'temporary migrants' to 'permanent residents': Indian H-1B visa holders in the United States
    ( 2010-11-01) Sahoo, Ajaya K. ; Sangha, Dave ; Kelly, Melissa
    Literature on international migration from India in the past has focused on the formation and development of 'Indian diasporas'; that is, Indians who have moved to various parts of the world and maintain socio-economic, cultural and political lives in India as well as other countries. However, little attention has been paid toward 'temporary migrants' who have migrated to different countries with a temporary visa and in the course of time extended their visas to become 'permanent residents'. Temporary migration from India has become a common trend over the last two decades, especially since the acceleration of globalisation and the developments in the fields of information and communication technologies. Although it is argued that this type of migration took place in the past - for instance, Indians migrated to British, French, Dutch and Portuguese colonies during the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries as indentured labourers for a period of three to five years and later extended their stays - what is new about the current trend is the new state policies of different host countries and the socio-economic and cultural background of the immigrants. This paper is an exploratory study of this contemporary phenomena of movement from 'temporary migrant' to 'permanent resident', a phenomena which has not been given much attention by academicians and policy makers in India. The present paper outlines this trend with an illustration of Indian H-1B visa holders in the United States. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
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    Emergence, growth and social service activities in the Sathya Sai Baba spiritual movement
    ( 2011-01-01) Sahoo, Ajaya K.
    The present paper deals with the social and welfare activities of an important spiritual movement in India, Sri Sathya Sai Baba movement, which has attracted thousands of devotees around the world cutting across class, caste, religion, region and ethnic backgrounds besides making its presence within the tradition of Hinduism in India. The spiritual movement has made several contributions to the social upliftment of the disadvantaged in the form of social welfare service activities. This paper is divided into three parts. The first part of the paper reviews briefly the emergence of Sathya Sai Baba movement, while the second part focuses on the growth of Sathya Sai organisation, which is an integral part of the Sathya Sai Baba movement, and the third and final part discusses the way in which the members of the movement engage in social service activities in order to popularise the movement.
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    Indian transnationalism online: New perspectives on diaspora
    ( 2014-05-20) Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar ; de Kruijf, Johannes G.
    Present-day migration takes place in a world characterized by the compression of time and space, with cheaper air travel and the existence of new communication technologies - the internet in particular - making it easier to stay in contact with the places, people and cultures that one has left. This book investigates the online organization of, and exchanges within, the global Indian diaspora. Bringing together research from around the world and presenting studies drawn from the US, Europe and India, it engages with theoretical and methodological debates concerning the shaping and transformation of migrant culture in emerging sites of sociality, and explores issues such as religion, citizenship, nationalism, region and caste as they relate to Indian identity in global, transnational contexts. With detailed empirical case studies showing both how members of the Indian diaspora connect with one other and 'life at home' and how institutions in India maintain such links, Indian Transnationalism Online sheds light on the ways in which information and communication technology functions as both a catalyst and indicator of contemporary socio-cultural change. As such it will be of interest to sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists and studies of cultural studies working in the areas of migration, transnationalism and ethnic studies. © Ajaya Kumar Sahoo, Johannes G. de Kruijf and the contributors 2014. All rights reserved.