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Intro -- Indian Diaspora: Voices of Grandparents and Grandparenting -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Voices of Indian Diasporic Grandparents in Mauritius -- 3. Grandparents as Aspects of the Indian Diaspora in South Africa: Boon or Burden? -- 4. The Sikh Diaspora in Australia: An Exploratory Reflection and Impressions on Aspects of Grandparents and Grandparenting -- 5. Ladkan Khelayan Hai: Playing with the Grandchildren - Indo-Fijian Grandparent Responses to the Assignation of Care-Givers -- 6. Roles of Sindhi Grandparents in Malaysia -- 7. Distance Grandparenting -- 8. 1960s Indian American Immigrant Grandparents and the Cultural Family Narrative -- 9. Indian Diasporic Grandparents in Canada and the United States -- 10. Indian Diasporic Grandparents in Canada and Changing Roles for Grandparents Across Nations -- 11. Cultural Norms About the Roles of Older People in Sikh Families -- 12. Understanding Contexts in which the Diasporic Punjabi Grandparents "Do" Grandparenting in Canada -- 13. The Hague Immigration Lecture, 2008 -- Appendix -- List of Contributors.

This book celebrates both the past and present existence of the Indian diasporic grandparents who live their daily lives in different countries—the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, South Africa, Fiji, Mauritius, Australia, Suriname and Malaysia—and in different economic, social, cultural, religious contexts and specific household and family situations. The achievements of the few rich and the famous Indians living in diaspora have been given the celebratory treatment; similar status is not often given to the achievements of the diasporic Indian grandparents. However, "the vanquished and the victors, the subalterns and the sahibs, have equal claims on our attention … clearly there are areas where Indian communities have been settled for long periods of time … without having a significant effect on the countries of their residence … [but] they, too are integral parts of the diaspora" (Brij Lal, Peter Reeves & Rajesh Rai, 2006, p. 15). This book is about voices of contemporary Indian grandparents and their grand parenting practices. The diasporic Indian grandparents are engaged in keeping diverse "Indian families" and "communities" as strong as possible in the current era of globalization process and social policy initiatives that are dominated by the ideology of neo-liberalism. This book claims that the diasporic Indian grandparents have significant effects on the countries of their residence and too are integral parts of the Indian diaspora who deserve the celebratory treatment and status. The book can be used for courses in the areas of critical social work, family studies, gerontology, nursing, rural development, critical pedagogy, and diaspora studies

The Imperialist and Cambridge historiography on the Muslim Communal politics and partition of India and on the political changes among the Muslims of colonial India tend to fall into five separate categories. The historians of the first category are of the opinion that the omissions, tactical errors and diplomatic blunders on the part of the Indian National Congress changed the Muslim politics and led to the growth of the Muslim Communal politics subsequently resulting in the form of the partition of India. The second category of these historians are of the opinion that the forces of the colonial policy and the constitutional measures adopted by the colonial state helped to the emergence and growth of the Muslim communal politics and led to the partition of India. It has been suggested by the third category of these scholars that the growth of the Muslim separatism in India was manipulated and determined by the Muslim elites at the national and provincial level whose propaganda based on communal identification was responded to the Muslims of colonial India. The historians of the fourth category have argued that although the colonial policy and its evolution of the representative from of the government led to the emergence and consolidation of the Muslim communal politics but the demand of a separate Muslim state was not the design of Muslims of India. It has been viewed by the scholars of the fifth category that the Muslim separatism in colonial India and the partition of India was the result of the interplay between the three major political players i.e., the British, the Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League and that the partition of India was a first major act of decolonization.

The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is widely used in corporate finance to assess expected returns of securities and return on equity, and beta, a measure of systematic risk, is a component of the CAPM equation. Previous studies appear not to have addressed whether beta as a stand-alone metric allows individual investors to effectively assess returns relative to the market, and this study aims to address this. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reflecting a range of expected volatilities relative to the S&P 500 index were selected. Betas of XLK (Technology sector), XLE (Energy sector), XLU (Utilities sector), and XLY (Consumer Staples sector) were estimated by regressing their weekly returns over five years against those of the S&P 500 index. Three five-year periods were used (ending in 2005, 2010, and 2015). The betas largely conformed to anticipated values with the exception of that of XLY which was surprisingly greater than the market beta. Estimated and observed betas were compared using a two-tailed paired T-test and no difference was found, suggesting that estimated beta is statistically a good proxy for actual beta. In practical terms though, there were relatatively large variances in several instances between estimated and observed betas, and this could be a concern for investors. Returns using estimated beta and actual returns were also compared over one, two, three, four, and five years with regard to the three five-year periods. Significant variation was observed for expected minus observed returns both in sign and magnitude. A two-tailed paired T-test suggested there was a difference between returns using estimated beta and actual ones over the three five-year periods for all funds except XLE. The observations suggest betas are volatile and individual investors should incorporate additional metrics to forecast returns relative to the market.

This book is endorsed by Dr. Clar Doyle in his preface to this book. Dr. Doyle is very well known locally. This book is about the contemporary life of grandparents in Newfoundland and Labrador - a geographically isolated and culturally unique rural region of Canada. The book can be used for courses in the areas of critical social work, family studies, gerontology, nursing, rural development, critical pedagogy, and diaspora studies. Clar Doyle, Professor of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and member of the Founding Scholars Advisory Board, The Paulo and Nita Freire International

Preliminary Material /Kalyani Mehta and Amarjit Singh -- Introduction: The Search for Voices among Indian Diasporic Elderly /Kalyani Mehta and Amarjit Singh -- The Punjabi Diaspora in Canada: Listening to the Voices of the Diasporic Punjabi Seniors in Canad /Amarjit Singh -- The Remaking of Aging among Indian Americans /Sarah Lamb -- Migration, Transnationalism and the Indian Elderly in the West /Rohit Barat -- Vindri of KualaLumpur /Maya Khemlani David -- The Lived Experiences of Gujarati Elders in Singapore /Mehta Kalyani and Kiran Shah -- From Voices to Engagement /Kalyani Mehta and Amarjit Singh -- About the Authors /Kalyani Mehta and Amarjit Singh -- Index /Kalyani Mehta and Amarjit Singh.