This book is a comparative study of Hyderabadi emigrants settling in
Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, Canada, Kuwait,
and the United Arab Emirates at the end of the twentieth century. Based on
ten years of fieldwork and extensive interviews, it traces Hyderabadi
culture and institutions in these places of settlement, looking at the
different versions of Hyderabadi history transmitted and the personal
networks and collective bodies formed abroad. Hyderabad, Islamic, and Urdu
associations, are surveyed, as are the marriages of the migrants and the
subsequent generations. The author shows how memories of old Hyderabad are
retained, redefined, or discarded depending on generation, gender, class,
and connections to the Nizam's former state of Hyderabad and the national
narratives of the new sites of settlement. Throughout the book, she
emphasizes the role of the state in identity formation, the importance of
language and religion for retention and reformulation of identities, and the
instability of diasporic communities both within and across national
boundaries
Hyderabad, the fifth largest metropolis of India, is the
state capital of Andhra Pradesh, known for its rich history and culture with
monuments, mosques, temples, a rich and varied heritage in arts, crafts and
dance.
This site endeavors to present the rich heritage and culture
of Hyderabad, along with an insight into Hyderabad today
British Airways is to launch
direct flights from London to Hyderabad starting October 2008. Robert Boyle
from British Airways said [quote] "Hyderabad has a fast growing economy
based on IT, business process outsourcing and biotech industries and we
believe that there will be a strong business demand for our flights, which
will be the only direct services between the city and the UK".
Please remember to visit the associated Yahoo Group, The
Hyderabadi Directory. If you have any news, useful information, or
anything Hyderabadi related, please submit via this group and you can reach
over 2000 registered members.
If you have any comments or suggestions please contact me at
asif@hyderabad.co.uk.
