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Editor's Note Dear Friends, The current issue of Roots and Routes highlights some of the emergin... more Editor's Note

Dear Friends,
The current issue of Roots and Routes highlights some of the
emerging issues and challenges of Indian diaspora. Three papers,
“Hindu Nationalism, Identity and Marginalization in Indian Diasporic
literature in the US”, “Indian Diaspora in India’s Look
East policy” and “Giving back to India: Investment opportunities
and Challenges” were presented on 25th June, 2012 as a part of
GRFDT seminar series. Participants from various countries
shared their views and also provided valuable criticism on the role of the diaspora taking their own country’s experiences.
The issue also has a section on current research focusing on Serbian
Diaspora’s new strategy to engage their own diaspora for the
development. This is a Ph.D. work by a scholar from the same
country. We request scholars to share their on-going research and the research findings which would help other researchers elsewhere to get familiar with the current developments. We also request the conference and seminar organizers to share their conference report among the diaspora scholars. Sharing ideas and strategies by different countries help in policy making as well as fulfilling the demand for better research engagement.
GRFDT is connecting its peers through various interactive channels by sharing research ideas to reach thousands of scholars through websites, e-groups and through social networks such as facebook, academia.edu, linkedin, etc. We also request the scholars to share their new publications like books, articles, summary of project reports, etc., so as to reach out to the stakeholders across the globe and vice versa. Once again we thank our readers for their useful inputs in making the newsletter worthy of serving the purpose of the researchers and policy experts working on diaspora and transnationalism
Sadananda Sahoo
Editor

Editor's Message Diaspora is a state of belongingness to the homeland(s), either virtual or real.... more Editor's Message
Diaspora is a state of belongingness to the homeland(s), either virtual or real. The powerful presence of diaspora on cyber space is a matter of great research interest today. The cyber space facilitates mobilising diaspora to an unprecedented man-ner as there is a greater accessibility to the Internet in recent years. The socio-cultural, political and economic impact of the diasporic cyber space is quite visible in various manner i.e politi-cal advocacy, mobilising philanthropy, investment, knowledge sharing, conflict generating etc.
Some of the pioneering research on the diaspora on cyber space has been carried out by a group of researchers at Fonda-tion Maison des Sciences de l‟Homme ICT Migrations program. GRFDT had a talk on “Cyber Hindutva” earlier.
Dr. Eric Leclerc is a researcher associated with the e-diaspora project explores how the identities in the Indian diaspora mobi-lised, align and realign in the cyber space. He also highlights how the diversities in various sub-nationalities, caste, and relig-ion among Indian diaspora represent across various destination countries on cyber space.
The interview with Dr. Laura Merla gives interesting insights on the transnational movement influence the values in the family, especially in the family care giving. She also discusses on how the Information and Communication Technology works in the context of transnational family care.
In the book review, the author discusses on the margialised section within the Indian diaspora in which there are hardly any research work. However, the book “British Untouchables” ar-gues on how the marginality gets transplanted in the foreign soil.
The last section of the Newsletter is devoted to the Institutes/Forums working on Diaspora and related issues. The main pur-pose of this is to promote interdisciplinary research by engaging variety of stakeholders and also to promote comparative studies across the globe. Institutions are hub of research and providing a comprehensive database will certainly help many researchers to connect meaningfully
Sadananda Sahoo
Editor

Book Reviews by vinod sartape

Social Anthropology (EASA) , 2020

Adopting a theory of modernisation that an ancient institution like caste has been replaced with ... more Adopting a theory of modernisation that an ancient institution like caste has been replaced with modern institutions and that the adoption of constitutional democracy meant the default overthrow of caste inequality, mainstream sociology espouses that caste is now a bygone phenomenon. How, then, does caste‐based discrimination persist in modern India despite adopting constitutional democracy? How and to what extent do constitutional and legal safeguards deal with caste inequality? Dag‐Erik Berg’s Dynamics of caste and law illustrates these broader questions and demonstrates the embeddedness of caste in contemporary India, despite constitutional efforts of criminalising caste practices (untouchability).

Anthropological Notebook, 2020

The present time is a witness to uncertainties and upheavals caused by the social and political t... more The present time is a witness to uncertainties and upheavals caused by the social and political tensions on the one hand, and the ecological crisis widespread across the globe, on the other. Whether it is a natural calamity or socioeconomic instabilities caused by the rise of repressive state agencies, anthropology as a discipline has responded to this phenomenon in its own ways. Seeing the human in relation to other terrestrial beings is a concern anthropology has raised since its inception. How does, then, anthropology carry on with this tradition of moral connection with other beings on the planet and what methodological promises does it make to comprehend the enterprise of humanity in contemporary times? Anand Pandian's, A Possible Anthropology is an ethnography gleaned through experiences of anthropologist ranging from canonical and marginal figures of ethnographic storytellers and contemporary scholars to the activists and artists engaged in the diverse field of inquiry.

Editor's Note Dear Friends, The current issue of Roots and Routes highlights some of the emergin... more Editor's Note

Dear Friends,
The current issue of Roots and Routes highlights some of the
emerging issues and challenges of Indian diaspora. Three papers,
“Hindu Nationalism, Identity and Marginalization in Indian Diasporic
literature in the US”, “Indian Diaspora in India’s Look
East policy” and “Giving back to India: Investment opportunities
and Challenges” were presented on 25th June, 2012 as a part of
GRFDT seminar series. Participants from various countries
shared their views and also provided valuable criticism on the role of the diaspora taking their own country’s experiences.
The issue also has a section on current research focusing on Serbian
Diaspora’s new strategy to engage their own diaspora for the
development. This is a Ph.D. work by a scholar from the same
country. We request scholars to share their on-going research and the research findings which would help other researchers elsewhere to get familiar with the current developments. We also request the conference and seminar organizers to share their conference report among the diaspora scholars. Sharing ideas and strategies by different countries help in policy making as well as fulfilling the demand for better research engagement.
GRFDT is connecting its peers through various interactive channels by sharing research ideas to reach thousands of scholars through websites, e-groups and through social networks such as facebook, academia.edu, linkedin, etc. We also request the scholars to share their new publications like books, articles, summary of project reports, etc., so as to reach out to the stakeholders across the globe and vice versa. Once again we thank our readers for their useful inputs in making the newsletter worthy of serving the purpose of the researchers and policy experts working on diaspora and transnationalism
Sadananda Sahoo
Editor

Editor's Message Diaspora is a state of belongingness to the homeland(s), either virtual or real.... more Editor's Message
Diaspora is a state of belongingness to the homeland(s), either virtual or real. The powerful presence of diaspora on cyber space is a matter of great research interest today. The cyber space facilitates mobilising diaspora to an unprecedented man-ner as there is a greater accessibility to the Internet in recent years. The socio-cultural, political and economic impact of the diasporic cyber space is quite visible in various manner i.e politi-cal advocacy, mobilising philanthropy, investment, knowledge sharing, conflict generating etc.
Some of the pioneering research on the diaspora on cyber space has been carried out by a group of researchers at Fonda-tion Maison des Sciences de l‟Homme ICT Migrations program. GRFDT had a talk on “Cyber Hindutva” earlier.
Dr. Eric Leclerc is a researcher associated with the e-diaspora project explores how the identities in the Indian diaspora mobi-lised, align and realign in the cyber space. He also highlights how the diversities in various sub-nationalities, caste, and relig-ion among Indian diaspora represent across various destination countries on cyber space.
The interview with Dr. Laura Merla gives interesting insights on the transnational movement influence the values in the family, especially in the family care giving. She also discusses on how the Information and Communication Technology works in the context of transnational family care.
In the book review, the author discusses on the margialised section within the Indian diaspora in which there are hardly any research work. However, the book “British Untouchables” ar-gues on how the marginality gets transplanted in the foreign soil.
The last section of the Newsletter is devoted to the Institutes/Forums working on Diaspora and related issues. The main pur-pose of this is to promote interdisciplinary research by engaging variety of stakeholders and also to promote comparative studies across the globe. Institutions are hub of research and providing a comprehensive database will certainly help many researchers to connect meaningfully
Sadananda Sahoo
Editor

Social Anthropology (EASA) , 2020

Adopting a theory of modernisation that an ancient institution like caste has been replaced with ... more Adopting a theory of modernisation that an ancient institution like caste has been replaced with modern institutions and that the adoption of constitutional democracy meant the default overthrow of caste inequality, mainstream sociology espouses that caste is now a bygone phenomenon. How, then, does caste‐based discrimination persist in modern India despite adopting constitutional democracy? How and to what extent do constitutional and legal safeguards deal with caste inequality? Dag‐Erik Berg’s Dynamics of caste and law illustrates these broader questions and demonstrates the embeddedness of caste in contemporary India, despite constitutional efforts of criminalising caste practices (untouchability).

Anthropological Notebook, 2020

The present time is a witness to uncertainties and upheavals caused by the social and political t... more The present time is a witness to uncertainties and upheavals caused by the social and political tensions on the one hand, and the ecological crisis widespread across the globe, on the other. Whether it is a natural calamity or socioeconomic instabilities caused by the rise of repressive state agencies, anthropology as a discipline has responded to this phenomenon in its own ways. Seeing the human in relation to other terrestrial beings is a concern anthropology has raised since its inception. How does, then, anthropology carry on with this tradition of moral connection with other beings on the planet and what methodological promises does it make to comprehend the enterprise of humanity in contemporary times? Anand Pandian's, A Possible Anthropology is an ethnography gleaned through experiences of anthropologist ranging from canonical and marginal figures of ethnographic storytellers and contemporary scholars to the activists and artists engaged in the diverse field of inquiry.