Diaspora, thana tourism and Komagata Maru: an archival study

ABSTRACT This article is an examination of diaspora, thana and cultural tourism; selected archival material from the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University; and an analysis of the role of tourists and memorials in preserving memories. The study of Komagata Maru, tourism, the Indian indentured labor system, the similarities of problems among the South Asian Indians in British Columbia in Canada, allows the understanding and interpretation of the broad range of social and historical concerns. Methodologically, this article hinges on the analysis of the archival material via the theoretical frames of tourism, diaspora, and colonialism.