DIASPORA, DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRESS: Indians in the Persian Gulf

This book tries to examine the issues of international migration of Indians to the Persian Gulf countries in the era of globalization. It analyses the diverse situations in which Indian immigrant community work in the Gulf countries and the kind of problems they face. Not only does it discuss the consequences of migration on migrants and their families back home, it also addresses their issues and concerns after returning back to the homeland. By way of doing this, the book also touches upon the migrant policy issues of the home country as well as the host countries. This book will be useful not only to sociologists but also to scholars working in the fields of anthropology, political science, geography, history, literary, cultural, ethnic and migration studies.

Contents

Part I: Migration Impact and Policy

1 Middle East Country Policies / Binod Khadria

2 The Financial Crisis in the Gulf and Its Impact on South Asian Migration and Remittances / S. Irudaya Rajan and D. Narayana

3 International Migration of Women from India to the Gulf / Basant Potnuru and Vishishta Sam

Part II: Diaspora and Connections

4 Malayali Nurses in the Gulf Countries: Migration as a Factor of Women Empowerment / Marie Percot

5 Blurring the Boundaries of Belief / Ginu Zacharia Oommen

6 Connecting Across the Sea / Sandhya Rao Mehta

Part III: Development and Change

7 Changing Patterns of Indian Labour Migration to the Gulf / Anisur Rahman

8 Gulf Migration, Social Change and Mobility Among Kerala Muslims / Ajmal Khan

9 International Migration and Development / Naresh Kumar

Part IV: Migration and Distress

10 Coping and Overcoming: South Asian Domestic Workers in the United Arab Emirates / Habibul Haque Khondker and Mehraj Jahan

11 Development and Distress / Ajaya Kumar Sahoo and Trilok Chandan Goud

12 Voluntary Migration and Involuntary Servitude / Chitra Natrajan