Ian Talbot

Darshan Singh Tatla

The city of Amritsar stands on the volatile border between India and Pakistan. It has been a focus for political and religious conflict since the partition of 1947. Amritsar brings together 25 first-hand accounts of life in a city at the epicentre of one of the largest and bloodiest forced migrations in history. The interviews explore experiences from the time of partition: from the suddenness of uprooting and the belief that the migration was only to be temporary to the enduring sense that the violence was politically and not culturally or religiously motivated. Issues raised include: the abduction and rehabilitation of women and children; the differing experiences of elite and subaltern classes; the memories of refugee convoys and camps; the hazards of border crossing; and the nostalgia for pre-Partition bonds between Muslims, Sikhs, and Hindus.

Voices from Between India and Pakistan

Amritsar

Points to information about the turbulent region that helped shape the fortunes of northwest India, was partitioned between Indian and Pakistan in 1947, and has seen separatist movements and violence in both halves in the past few decades. Meanwhile a growing diaspora community is creating yet a third Punjab. Over 1,000 sources are described and assessed for such aspects as archaeology and ancient history, language and dialects, social structure and anthropology, finance and banking, education, and sports and recreation. Includes a 25-page introduction, a glossary without pronunciation, a chronology, two maps, and a bank of indexes. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Punjab

Gurharpal Singh

The history of Sikhs in Britain provides important clues into the evolution of Britain as a multicultural society and the challenges it faces today. The authors examine the complex Anglo-Sikh relationship that led to the initial Sikh settlement and the processes of community-building around Sikh institutions such as gurdwaras. They explore the nature of British Sikh society as reflected in the performance of Sikhs in the labor markets, the changing characteristics of the Sikh family and issues of cultural transmission to the young. They provide an original and insightful account of a community transformed from the site of radical immigrant class politics to a leader of the Sikh diaspora in its search for a separate Sikh state.

The Making of a Community

Sikhs in Britain

This book offers an overview of the Sikh diaspora, exploring the relationship between home and host states and between migrant and indigenous communities. The book considers the implications of history and politics of the Sikh diaspora for nationality, citizenship and sovereignity.; The text should serve as a supplementary text for undergraduates and postgraduates on courses in race, ethnicity and international migration within sociology, politics, international relations, Asian history, and human geography. In particular, it should serve as a core text for Sikh/Punjab courses within Asian studies.

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