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Tasnima Yasmin is an Assistant Professor of English at RCC Institute of Information Technology. With a passion for interactive and inter-disciplinary teaching methods, she engages students to hone their English language and technical communication skills. She endeavors to help her students to acquire English language learning techniques through English literature and AI tools, hoping to bridge the gap between language learning and literary exploration. Her expertise and enthusiasm inspire learners to develop critical thinking skills and analytical techniques while encouraging them to read between the lines of narratives from across the globe. Her areas of research interest include Indian Diaspora Literature, Contemporary Diaspora Fiction in Translation and Gulf Studies.

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This book is a critical literary examination of Indian writing from the Gulf through a Marxist lens, exploring the socio-economic struggles of South Asian migrants. It highlights their exploitation under neoliberal capitalism and marginalization based on disillusionment with assumed and guaranteed prosperity.

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Acknowledgments

Preface

List of Acronyms and Book Editions Used

Chapter 1: Busting the Misconceptions of Migration: The Gulf Chapter

Chapter 2: Local Labour v/s Foreign Labour: Understanding the Gulf Social Order

Chapter 3: Decoding Class Politics of the Gulf

Chapter 4: 'Permanently Temporary': Exploring the Dynamics of Time

Chapter 5: Body as an Embodiment of Labour Intensification in the Gulf

Chapter 6: Beyond the Gulf Dream

Bibliography

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