About the Book: Indians and the Antipodes: Networks, Boundaries, and Circulation
The Indian diaspora in Australia and New Zealand represents a successful ethnic
community making significant contributions to their host societies and
economies. However, because of their small number—slightly more than half a
million— they rarely find mention in the global literature on Indian diaspora.
The present volume seeks to remedy this oversight.
Charting the chequered 250-year-old history of both the 'old and the 'new
diaspora in the antipodes, the chapters narrate the stories of labourers who
journeyed under the pressure of colonial capital and post-war professional
migrants who went in search of better opportunities. In the context