Diasporic Literature

09/10/2023

""I think, as I’ve been exploring from book to book, we are all migrants. Even if we are born and die in the same house, I believe that we are passengers, and we are moving from moment to moment, from year to year, from phase to phase of life, and nothing is fixed."

📖 Jhumpa Lahiri interviewed in Shondaland for ROMAN STORIES.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses her new short story collection, “Roman Stories.”

26/09/2021

"I've never stayed still, I've always been moving, [...] Always waiting either to get somewhere or to come back. Or to escape. [...] Packing and unpacking the small suitcase [...] Is there any place we're not moving through?" ( in )

30/03/2020

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17/01/2020

Humans are in motion across time as well as geography. Why must we be divided, the migrant versus the native?

26/10/2019

"Over the past two-to-three years, there has been a tightening of rules for immigrants to the US. With a lack of clarity on whether the policies could be changed midway, Indians seem to be taking a cautious approach towards pursuing academics, or a professional life in the US."

With the US government cracking down on immigrants and favouring jobs for American citizens, the dream to live in the United States could be fading away

01/08/2019

Have just published!

This bookintroduces readers to the many dimensions of historical and contemporary Indian transnationalism and the experiences of migrants and workers to reveal the structures of transnationalism and the ways in which Indian origin groups are affected…

23/06/2019

Timely scholarship. Academics from diaspora studies may keep a copy.

16/01/2019

, the-pioneering-immigrant in England was the first Indian English writer who published "The Travels of Dean Mahomet" in 1793. He was the man who opened the first Indian restaurant in London.
Google doodles celebrates him !

The first Indian to publish a book in English and open an Indian restaurant in England

16/01/2019

, the-pioneering-immigrant in England was the first Indian English writer who published "The Travels of Dean Mahomet" in 1793. He was the man who opened the first Indian restaurant in London.
Google doodles celebrates him !

30/10/2018

Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora, edited by Radha Hegde and Ajaya Sahoo, Published by Routledge, London, 2018 was released by Professor Appa Rao Podile, Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad during the International Conference on “Indian Diaspora and Transnationalism”, held in October 2018.

Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora introduces readers to the multiple contexts, experiences and histories that constitute the Indian diaspora. Bringing together scholars from different parts of the globe representing various disciplines, this Handbook covers extensive spatial and temporal terrain. The authors draw from a variety of archives and intellectual perspectives in order to map the narratives of the Indian diaspora. The topics covered range from the history of diasporic communities, activism, identity, gender, politics, labour, policy, violence, performance, literature, branding and more. This collection presents a wide array of issues and debates which will reinvigorate discussions about the Indian diaspora, its global presence and trajectories.

Dr. Ajaya K. Sahoo is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad.