The Sikh Diaspora

This book offers an overview of the Sikh diaspora, exploring the relationship between home and host states and between migrant and indigenous communities. The book considers the implications of history and politics of the Sikh diaspora for nationality, citizenship and sovereignity.; The text should serve as a supplementary text for undergraduates and postgraduates on courses in race, ethnicity and international migration within sociology, politics, international relations, Asian history, and human geography. In particular, it should serve as a core text for Sikh/Punjab courses within Asian studies.

The result of an exhaustive analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community - and having conducted over 100 interviews - Nayar highlights differences and tensions with regards to the role of familial relations, child rearing, and religion.

The Sikh Diaspora is an impressive, probing, and original examination of the migrant Sikh population. Exploring the cultural, economic, and social linkages between overseas Sikh communities and the Punjab, Darshan Singh Tatla focuses on issues such as the politics of homeland, the dynamics of ethnic and political bonds, and the impact of institutional changes following Indian army action against the Golden Temple in June 1984. Drawing from a wealth of rich source material front the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and the Punjab, this fascinating study provides a core text for those studying the Sikhs or the Punjab in Asian Studies, and will also be of great interest for students of race, ethnicity, and international migration.

Compares social life and customs of the Sikhs in India and in the United States.

In From Policemen to Revolutionaries, Yin Cao elaborates the rise and fall of the Sikh community in Shanghai by the turn of the twentieth century.

Sikh Diaspora: Theory, Agency, and Experience is a collection of essays offering new insights into the diverse experiences of Sikhs beyond the Punjab. Moving beyond migration history and global in their scope, the essays in this volume draw from a range of methodological approaches to engage with diaspora theory, agency, space, social relations, and aesthetics. Rich in substantive content, these essays offer critical reflections on the concept of diaspora, and insight into key features of Sikh experience including memory, citizenship, political engagement, architecture, multiculturalism, gender, literature, oral history, kirtan, economics, and marriage.

The Sikh community is one of the largest groups of Indians abroad. Sikh migrants have created a synthesis of their own culture with the culture of their place of emigration. This book focuses on the social and cultural practices of Sikh Diaspora in Japan and the struggles in their new world and how they have created their own thriving culture th