Internal migration within South Asia: contemporary issues and challenges

Abstract

the Anglo-Indian community as reflected in different forms of arts, literature, film and performance. The first article in the section, written by Shyamasri Maji, discusses the community’s altering sense of home as reflected in Anglo-Indian identity. Maji also explores how several world socio-political incidents impacted the perspective of the Anglo-Indian immigrant, as echoes in the selected literature. Merin Simi Raj and Avishek Parui’s article used the idea of ‘identity-consumption’ and highlighted how the remembering of the personal and collective memory helped the identity formation of the Paranki Community in Kerala while discussing the translated Malayalam novel of Johny Miranda. Sreya Ann Oommen’s work on the Indo-French families of Mahe during the post -1954 shows how this group’s identity, history and culture were misidentified and misunderstood and spread a sense of exclusion and dejection among the group. Glenn D’Cruz’s article uses non-text art forms to research the Anglo-Indian identity and culture. While using the methodology of autoethnography and multimedia performances, D’Cruz deciphers the question of belonging and identity. The book’s last chapter, written by Jade Furness, highlights his quest for knowledge and understanding of her family’s history through the detailed two writings of Allan Sealy, The Trotternama and The Everest Hostel. The book’s several chapters explore different aspects of the dilemma of identity formation among the Anglo-Indian community, a non-homogenous group, during the colonial and post-colonial eras. The usage of conventional and unconventional sources by the authors and an understanding of the Anglo-Indian identity in India and the diaspora have given a unique dimension to the book. Every chapter of this book is thought-provoking and encourages detailed studies of the Anglo-Indian Community.