Vol. VI
Issue: 1&2
Journal of Migration Affairs
Sept 2023 & March 2024
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Kalyani Vartak
Kalyani Vartak (kalyani.vartak@gmail.com) works as a freelance researcher and consultant.
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Migration and Education in Regions with a Culture of Migration: Observations from Kunkeri Village, Konkan, Maharashtra
The article explores the role of education in regions with persistent migration. Drawing from fieldwork conducted in Kunkeri village in Konkan, Maharashtra in 2017, the article contends that education serves as a preparatory tool for migration. The social and economic remittances of migrants encourage aspiring migrants to pursue education. In places with a culture of migration, such as Kunkeri village, a complex feedback loop
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Indian Migration and Empire: A Colonial Genealogy of the Modern State by Radhika Mongia, Ranikhet
While there has been a plethora of writing on the migration of indentured labour in recent years, what remained largely unexamined was the role of the state. Mongia addresses this gap by answering two important questions: how did states come to control migration, and what do these controls tell us about state formation and operation?
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