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Dissecting the Indian-American diaspora

The book is colossal in its effort to understand Indians in America beyond Rajat Gupta, Indira Nooyi

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Praveen Chakravarty
The Other One Percent
Indians in America
Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur and Nirvikar Singh
OUP
384 pages; Rs 273

Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, an annual event to showcase and celebrate the success of Indians living in foreign nations. The prime minister said “there is a new energy, keen desire and strong drive among Indian diaspora to connect more extensively and deeply with India’s social and economic transformation”. This need and desire to engage more deeply with the Indian diaspora has been echoed for the past 14 years at this event. 

There are 30 million non-resident Indians (NRI)

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