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The South Asian diaspora is a diverse group who settled in different parts of the world, often concentrated in developed countries. This volume explores how transnational politics overlap with religious ideologies, media and culture amongst the diaspora, contributing to diasporic identity building in host countries.

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Introduction; Gopinath Pillai PART I: ECONOMICS 1. Looking East and Beyond: Indian IT Diaspora in Japan; Anthony P. D´Costa 2. Bangladeshi Diaspora Entrepreneurs in Japan; Md Mizanur Rahman and Lian Kwen Fee 3. From Sentries to Skilled Migrants: the transitory residence of the Nepali community in Singapore; Hema Kiruppalini 4. Migrant Remittance Supported Micro Enterprises in South Asia; Shahadat Khan 5. Diaspora Route to Professional Success in the Indian Context: A Perspective; Ravi Mantha and Meng Weng Wong PART II: RELIGION 6. Religion, Politics and Islam in the South Asian Diaspora; Pnina Werbner 7. Social Movements in the Diasporic Context: the Sathya Sai Baba Movement; Ajaya K. Sahoo and Melissa Kelly PART III: MEDIA 8. Transnational Subject/Transnational Audience: the NRI trope and Diasporic Aesthetic in Diasporic Romance Films; Sarah Joshi 9. Transnational Collaboration and Media Industry in South India: Case of Malaysian-Indian Diaspora; Shanthini Pillai Conclusion; Gopinath Pillai

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Ajaya K. Sahoo, University of Hyderabad, India Melissa Kelly, Uppsala University, Sweden Anthony P.D. Costa, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Hema Kiruppalani, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore Md Mizanur Rahman, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore Lian Kwen Fee, National University of Singapore Pnina Werbner, Keele University, UK Ravi Mantha, Sagelock Investments, Singapore Wong Meng Weng, JFDI.Asia, Singapore Shahadat Khan, RMIT, Australia Sarah Joshi, University of London-Birbeck, UK Shanthini Pillai, National University of Malaysia.

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