The Hindu community in Muscat: making homes in the diaspora
Mehta, Sandhya Rao; Onley, James
Date: 14 March 2016
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Journal of Arabian Studies
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Taylor and Francis
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This article looks at Muscat’s Hindu community, part of the city’s wider Indian society. It examines the diasporic home-making history, practices, and strategies that have created distinctly Hindu and Indian spaces in an Arab environment. It maps the community’s demographics and human geography, presents a case study of the Khimji ...
This article looks at Muscat’s Hindu community, part of the city’s wider Indian society. It examines the diasporic home-making history, practices, and strategies that have created distinctly Hindu and Indian spaces in an Arab environment. It maps the community’s demographics and human geography, presents a case study of the Khimji Ramdas family, considers the community’s “permanent impermanence”, and assesses the challenges posed to the community by the kafāla (sponsorship) system and other government restrictions.
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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