Stories of the Indian Immigrant Communities in Germany

This book tells the stories of Indian immigrants in Germany, including Blue Card holders and students categorized as highly skilled migrants, as well as others choosing shadow migration pathways in order to leave the country. It investigates their motivations for leaving India and choosing Germany as an immigration destination. Grappling with the stories of tech workers fleeing the pandemic, activists fleeing the witch hunting of the government, women escaping gender(ed) violence and queer people seeking freedom, this book uses reflexivity as an analytical tool. Investigation of their transcultural practices also reveals a general intent among Indians to create homes in Germany, despite several challenges to such efforts, including structural and everyday symbolic racism.

Explains why Indians are leaving India, and why they are choosing Germany. Discusses all phases of migration from India to Germany. Presents data is gathered interviews, ethnography, autoethnography and life history.

Auteur

Amrita Datta is a migration scholar currently based at the Department of Sociology, University of Siegen, Germany, as a Marie Sklowdowska-Curie Fellow. Earlier, she earned a doctoral degree in Sociology from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Contenu

1. Introduction.- 2. Pandemic And Politics The Two 'P's In A Pod.- 3. Refuge From The Bovine.- 4. Gendering The Immigrants.- 5. In Pursuit Of Freedom: Queer Girl Moves To Berlin!.- 6. Immigrants As Homemakerspandemic, Time And Certitude.- 7. Biocitizenship Of Immigrants.- 8. Imagining Tomorrow.