Overview

This book studies Indian diaspora, currently 20 million across the world, from various perspectives. It looks at the transnational nature of the middle class worker.

Key Aspects

Other aspects include: post 9/11 challenges; ethnicity in USA; cultural identity versus national identity; gender issues amongst the diaspora communities.

Arguments

It argues that Indian middle classes have the unique advantages of skills, mobility, cultural rootedness and ethics of hard-work.