About the Book: Other Mohan in Britains Indian: Ocean Empire
On a quest to understand why her great-grandfather, Mohanlal, set sail for South
Africa from pre-Independent India, Amrita Shahs wonderfully engaging book sets
on record for the first time a sweeping social and business history of the
Indian diaspora in the Indian ocean, drawing out an incredible story spanning
centuries of migrations and peopled by slaves, political prisoners, sex workers,
lascars, smugglers, indentured workers, traders and interpreters.
Drawing on an extensive range of sources interwoven with her own first-hand
research in India, South Africa, Mauritius and Britain, in The Other Mohan in
Britains Indian Ocean Empire, Shah