The Sun Never Sets: South Asian Migrants in an Age of U.S. Power

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The Sun Never Sets NYU SERIES IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS General Editor: Andrew Ross Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times Andrew Ross City Folk: English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America Daniel J. Walkowitz Toilet: Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing Edited by Harvey Molotch and Laura Norén Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China Judith Stacey The Sun Never Sets: South Asian Migrants in an Age of U.S. Power Edited by Vivek Bald, Miabi Chatterji, Sujani Reddy, and Manu Vimalassery The Sun Never Sets South Asian Migrants in an Age of U.S. Power Edited by Vivek Bald, Miabi Chatterji, Sujani Reddy, and Manu Vimalassery Afterword by Vijay Prashad a NEW YORK UNIVERSIT Y PRESS New York and London NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2013 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet Websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The sun never sets : South Asian migrants in an age of U.S. power / edited by Vivek Bald, Miabi Chatterji, Sujani Reddy, and Manu Vimalassery ; afterword by Vijay Prashad. pages cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8147-8643-7 (hardback) ISBN 978-0-8147-8644-4 (pb) 1. South Asians—United States—History. 2. South Asia—Emigration and immigration— History. 3. United States—Emigration and immigration—History. 4. Immigrants—United States—History. I. Bald, Vivek, editor of compilation. E184.S69.S86 2013 304.8’73—dc23 2013004767 Portions of chapter 3 have appeared previously in Vivek Bald, Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013) and in Vivek Bald, “‘Lost’ in the City: Spaces and Stories of South Asian New York, 1917–1965,” South Asian Popular Culture 5.1 (2007): 59–76, and are used by permission. New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...