Dies of culture and religion : India and Australia, from settlement to post/modern times
Bilimoria, Purushottama 2010, Dies of culture and religion : India and Australia, from settlement to post/modern times, Man in India, vol. 90, no. 1-2, January - June Special Edition, pp. 163-182.
In historical sketches of India-Australia or Australia-India relations, the important dimensions of the cultural and religious connections from the shared colonial period and Gandhi's nationalist voice echoing in all corners of the Empire, through to the diasporic migration, settlement and temple culture, is largely overlooked. This essay intends the redress that absence in current research and contribute toward a critical appraisal of that rather 'esoteric' part of history, arguably still in its infancy. The story begins close to the early white settlement period to the aftermath of the events of 9/11 (2001 in New York) and Bali (2002). The focus will be on Hindus with some reference to Sikhs, Muslims, Sri Lankan Tamils, and migrants from the subcontinent, as the conduits for the particular Indian-Australian diasporic connection and 'spiritual diplomacy' being explored.
Language
eng
Field of Research
200202 Asian Cultural Studies
Socio Economic Objective
959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
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http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30031572
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