Indian diaspora in West Asia: a reader/ edited by Prakash C Jain. - New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007. - 340 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

List of Tables --
Preface --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction --
Prakash C. Jain --
Part I: Past --
1. Indian Diaspora in West Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries --
Surendra Gopal --
2. India's Impact on the Gulf's Economic and Socio-Cultural Life during the British Era --
Abdulla Elmadani --
3. The Indian Merchant --
Community of Masqat --
Calvin H. Allen, Jr. --
4. Merchants' Role in a Changing Society: The Case of Dubai, 1900,90 --
Fatma Al-Sayegh --
5. My Life and Work in Dubai --
Maganmal J. Pancholia --
6. Indian Diaspora in Yemen --
Prakash C. Jain --
Part II: Present --
7. International Migration and Development: Indians in the Persian Gulf --
Myron Weiner --
8. An 'Incipient' Diaspora: Indians in the Gulf Region --
Prakash C. Jain --
9. Aspects of Indian Labour Diaspora in the United Arab Emirates --
K.C. Zachariah, B.A. Prakash and S. Irudaya RajaH --
10. South Asians in the Gulf: Aspects of Ethnic Encounter --
Akbar S. Ahmed --
11. The Orphaned Non-Resident Indian --
Ram Buxani --
12. Ethnicity and Marginality: A Study of Indian Jewish Immigrants in Israel --
Margaret Abraham --
Part III: Summing Up --
13. Indian Diaspora in West Asia --
High Level Committee, Government of India --
Contributors.

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