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An increasing optimism at the prospect of "shared prosperity" has revived attention on ancient historical routes such as the Southern Silk Road compelling us to rethink notions of the "centre" and the "periphery" in comprehending binaries of nation-states and agencies of globalization. This article focuses on revisiting circulatory movements and networks from the past across land and sea between Bengal delta and China in strengthening the networks and a new alignment of communities and economic possibilities. It explores some of the lesser-studied historical routes in the region and different dimensions of "place making" in the popular imagination and new synergies to redefine the Bengal-China connections.

Colonial Singapore witnessed the movement and settling of Chinese, Malay, Indian, Arab, European and other mercantile groups as a free port and emporium of the British Empire. This social landscape was defined by boundaries between the different ethnic communities, often drawn up by the British, in contrast to the cosmopolitan exchanges of the market. This article focuses on the Indian business communities which had played a significant role in maritime trade networks since pre-colonial times and continued to be a part of Singapore's developing society and economy in the British period. A minority in the colonial era port city and largely confined within intra-ethnic economic and social circuits, Indians participated in the complex colonial structure of trade and credit alongside British, European and Asian traders and merchant houses, as brokers, agents, and retailers. British hegemony over the Indian subcontinent was both an advantage and a disadvantage for these Indian trading communities. This article brings to light the history of Indian networks in the colonial transnational flows of capital and entrepreneurship, and their patterns of integration into and role in the development of Singapore, a role marginalised in the scholarship and the national narratives alike by a focus on the large-scale Indian labour migrations.(J Southeast Asian Stud/GIGA)

A major shift of geostrategic visions from territorial dimensions to maritime trajectories for China and India has made the study of Asian maritime spaces significant. In spite of strong historical connectivities, the maritime space of Bay of Bengal separated nation‐centric postcolonial states and became divided into zones, promoting geopolitical demarcations that have subsequently become deeply embedded in academic, political, and public discourses. This article attempts to examine the emergence of new economic and geostrategic horizons in this maritime space, a space that may well become a powerful pivot of a rising Asia. It proposes paradigm shifts in scholarly discourses in and around the Bay, distinct from the prism of conventional western historiography and the narrative of South‐Southeast Asia divergences. A trajectory of renegotiations in the understanding of flows and networks is envisaged, implying a strong possibility of this waterscape emerging as a specialized area of study, and thus a rethinking of scholarship and pedagogy in Asian studies.

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Foreword (Wang Gungwu); S. VII. - Acknowledgements; S. XI. - Introduction (Jayati Bhattacharya and Coonoor Kripalani); S. XIII. - Section I: Historical Antecedents and the Question of Nationality. - 1. Blackbirders Refitted? The Journeys of Capitalists and Labourers in the Indian Ocean, 1830s-1930s (Sugata Bose); S. 3. - 2. Connecting Diaspora Histories: Indians and Chinese in Colonial Malaya (Sunil S. Amrith); S. 13. - 3. Chinese and Indian Diaspora: Some Common and Not-So-Common Cultural Processes (Tan Chee-Beng); S. 25. - Section II: The Meeting Ground: Indians and Chinese in Southeast Asia. - 4. China's Nationality Laws and the Chinese Overseas (Leo Suryadinata); S. 43. - 5. Comparison of Home Remittance System between India and Chinese Migrants in Southeast Asia: Ninteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Hamashita Takeshi); S. 55. - 6. Identity, Transnationalism and Corporate Development: Chinese Business in Malaysia (Edmund Terence Gomez); S. 77. - 7. Beyond the Glitterati: The Indian and Chinese Jewellers of Little India, Singapore (Jayati Bhattacharya); S. 91. - 8. Indian and Chinese Communities in Contemporary Burma: A Comparative Analysis of Their Presence and Influence (Renaud Egreteau); S. 109. - 9. Expressions of Faith in Hindu Processional Festivals: Case Studies from Singapore and Malaysia (Gauri Parimoo Krishnan); S. 137. - 10. Beyond Boundaries? Hindu Spaces in Chinatowns of Kolkata and Singapore (Jayani Bonnerjee); S. 153. - Section III: Indians in China and Chinese in India. - 11. Law and Its Impact on Diasporic Philanthropic Institutions: The Practices of Sinchew and the Waqf in the Straits Settlements (Stephanie Chung Po-yin); S. 167. - 12. Indian Soldiers and Policemen in China in the Colonial Period (Madhavi Thampi); S. 187. - 13. New Indian Migrants in Guangzhou and Its Vicinity (Jia Haitao); S. 197. - 14. Who Is a Chinese-Indian? Search for the Cultural Identity of the Chinese-Indians in Kolkata, Sihui and Toronto (Zhang Xing); S. 219. - Section IV

Beyond the myth : Indian business communities in Singapore -- Contents -- List of map, tables and figures -- Message -- Foreword -- Mesage -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Photo plates -- Introduction -- Part One -- Chapter 1: Making Singapore their homeland: the early Indian migrants to the lion city -- Chapter 2: The post-independence period: changing dynamics and the shift in business activities -- Chapter 3: taking strides into the future: transition and transformation of the Indian business communities -- Part Two -- Chapter 4: Business associations and organizational networks -- Chapter 5: The indomitable entrepreneurs: three case studies -- Conclusion: surging forward -- Appendices -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Select bibliography -- Index -- About the author.