Perspectives on Transmigrant Women in Indian Diaspora
Perspectives on Transmigrant Women in Indian Diaspora by Prof. Shobhita Jain, Professor of Sociology and former Director of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi While majority of the transmigrant women share space with men, their experiences are not necessarily similar to those of men and it would incorrect to view them as parts of commonly understood perspectives relating to male migrants from India. Processes of transmigrant women’s settling down in foreign lands were and are quite exclusive to them. Under the circumstances, trans