ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Ms. Sarita Maurya has completed her Masters in Sociology (Honors) in 2011, from the Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai. She has been awarded M.Phil degree from the Centre for African Studies in the year 2015, University of Mumbai. She has also completed her Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), in the year 2014, MCT College of Education, University of Mumbai. She has worked as Assistant Professor in K.J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce as a Sociology teacher. Her areas of research interest are related to Diaspora studies, mainly Indian Diaspora, and Cultural Studies. She is actively in teaching, currently working as a lecturer of Sociology and Psychology in Swami Rama Krishna Paramhans Junior College and continuing her education and pursuing Masters of Arts in Education from the University of Mumbai.
About the Author
ABOUT THE BOOK:- This book is an account of the Indian Diaspora who came as indentured labourers in South Africa. It also gives the background to the history of indentured labour, that is how it started and what were the conditions of the Indian labourers who came from India and how did they settled in South Africa. The Indian settlement took place in the cities like Durban, Kwazulu Natal, etc. The generations of the Indian Diaspora have a different way of life in South Africa being actively participating in the political and social life in South Africa they have a different notion to their identity that is “Indian-ness”. They consider themselves as South Africans Indians. Indian-ness only in the terms of, their cultural ties to their homeland that is India. The book also reveals about the role played by the women as the preservers of their culture and tradition and maintaining the old traditional customs and tradition in a faraway country that they immigrated in early 1860's.
Contents : -
List of Tables 7 List of Maps and Charts 9 Preface 11 Acknowledgement 13 1. An Introduction to the History of Indians in South Africa 15 • Introduction • Understanding the Indian Diaspora in South Africa • Statistics on Indians in South Africa • South African Hindus • Hinduism in South Africa • Chapterisation • References • Notes. 2. A Historical Background of Indians in Natal 35 • Introduction • Indian Immigrants in South Africa • Cheap Indian Labour in South Africa • Discovery of Major Cash Crops • Demand and Supply of Indentured Labour • Zulus and the Bantu Labourers of South Africa • Reasons of Emigration by Indian Labourers • Indentured Labourers • British Policy for Indentured Labourers • Deferment of Emigration to Natal, 1868-1874 • The Recommendations of the Coolie Commission • Immigration of Indians to South Africa • The Act of 1950 • The Europeans and Non-Europeans in Durban • Conclusion • References • Notes. 3. Practice of Hinduism among South African Indians 59 • Introduction • Understanding Hindu Religion • Tamil Linguistic Group • Some Hindu Temples in South Africa: (Durban) • Telugus as a Linguistic Group • Hindu Sacred Literature • Celebration of Festivals • Mariamman and Thaippoosam Festival • Thimidhi (Fire Walking Festival) • Rath Yatra of the Hare Krishna’s in Durban • Hindu Belief Systems • Hindu Marriage System in South Africa • Development of Hinduism in South Africa through Education • Conclusion • References • Notes. 4. Women and their Role in Preserving Hinduism 83 • Introduction • Indian Women in South Africa • The Role of Women in Hindu Families • Social and Religious System • Women as Preserver of Hindu Culture • Hindu Women and Brahmanical Values • Women and Change • Hindu Social Norms • Conclusion • References. 5. Conclusion 93 • References. Bibliography 101 • Primary Sources • Secondary Sources • Books. Index 107
