About the Book This book is an account of the Indian Diaspora who came as indentured laborers in South Africa. It also gives the background to the history of indentured labor, that is how it started and what were the conditions of the Indian laborers who came from India and how did they settled in South Africa. The Indian settlement took place in the cities like Durban, Kwazulu Natal, etc. The generations of the Indian have a different way of life in South Africa being actively participating in the political and social life in South Africa they have a different notion to their identity that is "Indianans". They consider themselves as South Africans Indians. Indianans only in the terms of, their cultural ties to their homeland that is India. The book also reveals about the role played by the women as the preservers of their culture and tradition and maintaining the old traditional customs and tradition in a faraway country that they immigrated in early 1860's.
About the Author Ms. Sarita Maurya has completed her Masters in Sociology (Honors) in 2011, from the Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai. She has been awarded M.Phil degree from the Centre for African Studies in the year 2015, University of Mumbai. She has also completed her Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), in the year 2014, MCT College of Education, University of Mumbai. She has worked as Assistant Professor in K.J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce as a Sociology teacher. Her areas of research interest are related to Diaspora studies, mainly Indian Diaspora, and Cultural Studies. She is actively in teaching, currently working as a lecturer of Sociology and Psychology in Swami Rama Krishna Paramhans Junior College and continuing her education and pursuing Masters of Arts in Education from the University of Mumbai.
Preface The Indian Diaspora is one of the largest and most signicant in the world today. The history of the Indian Diaspora in South Africa spans a hundred and fifty five years. With successive influence of migration over the time to almost every continent, it has assumed increasing self-consciousness and importance.
Practice of Hinduism among the Indian Diaspora in South Africa examines the Indian Diaspora in South Africa and addresses the core issues of indentured labor, Diaspora, culture and the issue of "Indianans." It provides a broad analysis of the important relationship between culture and tradition and how the people of Indian origin have retained it. The role of the women who have sustained the Indian tradition over time. This book will appeal to all those interested in worldwide community, migration, and cultural studies.
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