Table of Contents

Chapter 1 IntroductionMigrant Transnationalism and the Internet, Johannes G. de Kruijf; Part I Identity; Chapter 1a Performing Transnational Identity Online: Women Blogging from Domestic Spaces, Usha Raman, Sumana Kasturi; Chapter 2 The Trans-Indian: Perspectives on Real vs. Virtual Identity in the Age of the Internet, Ananda Mitra; Chapter 3 From the German Periphery '” On Ethnographic Explorations of Indian Transnationalism Online, Urmila Goel; Chapter 4 'ThirdSpace' as Transnational Space, Emily Skop; Chapter 5 Online Connections, Online Yatras: The Role of the Internet in the Creation and Maintenance of Links between Advaita Vedanta Gurus in India and their Devotees in the Diaspora, Heinz Scheifinger; Chapter 6 Cyberspace, the Globalisation of Hinduism, and Protocols of Citizenship in the Digital Age, Vinay Lal; Part II Power; Chapter 7 (Re-)connecting with the Indian Diaspora from the 'Homeland': Diaspora Conferences and the Construction of Online Linkages with Non-Resident Indians, Mirian Santos Ribeiro de Oliveira; Chapter 8 Is Guruji Online? Internet Advice Forums and Transnational Encounters in a Vaishnav Sectarian Community, Emilia Bachrach; Chapter 9 Globalisation and the Transnationalism of 'Dalit' Identity: Probings from Modern India, Ashish Saxena; Chapter 10 ConclusionThe Diasporic Web: Reflexive Dialogue and Agentive Awareness, Johannes G. de Kruijf;