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India Moving

A History of Migration

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India Moving

Written by: Chinmay Tumbe
Narrated by: Mathai Abraham
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From adventure to indenture, martyrs to merchants, Partition to plantation, from Kashmir to Kerala, Japan to Jamaica and beyond, the many facets of the great migrations of India and the world are mapped in India Moving, the first book of its kind. To understand how millions of people have moved-from, to and within India-the book embarks on a journey laced with evidence, argument and wit, providing insights into topics like the slave trade and migration of workers, travelling business communities such as the Marwaris, Gujaratis and Chettiars, refugee crises and the roots of contemporary mass migration from Bihar and Kerala, covering terrain that often includes diverse items such as mangoes, dosas and pressure cookers. India Moving shows the scale and variety of Indian migration and argues that greater mobility is a prerequisite for maintaining the country's pluralistic traditions. Asia India South Asia
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Excellent work by Chinmay Tumbe which enhance and make the understanding of Indians and many current and historical issues pertaining to the country ...now I know better understanding about issues relatedKashmir, Asam , Mumbai or Telangana ....and also about characteristics of my own Marwadi to Gujrati, Punjabi and Udipis , parsis or Konkanis

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I really liked the book and was looking forward to it for a while after hearing about it on Books on Toast (YouTube channel discussing books). Around 2015-2018, there was a huge frenzy about genetic tests telling you your family’s origin like 23&me. This made me curious about my family’s migration history in India. And although older people in the family have many stories to tell, they are stories that have been modified over time without any documentation or with filled with anecdotes . I was very happy to find this book which attempts to layout the migration pattern in India and outside of India and how it affected the India and Indian diaspora today. The book has a story like narrative which I like and makes it very interesting.


What I did not like
The Audio production of the book was not satisfactory.
The division of chapters could have been more granular as it is hard to go back to a smaller chapter within the bigger volumes.
The narrator has a beautiful voice but should’ve gotten regional pronunciations right.
Another personal pet peeve would be the breathing, gulping noises that could be easily filtered in the audio.

Engaging and insightful; doesn’t merely depend on scientific facts and numbers.

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India Moving is one of the books I eagerly wanted to have my hands on after listening to Chinmay Tumbe on podcast with Amit Verma. It's a brilliant crafted book with thorough research and beautiful trivias. However, narration should've been much better. The narrator struggles with pronunciation of multiple indigenous words, especially when he tries to explain the way Punjabis call Canada and ends up pronouncing as Kannada. That's ridiculously annoying. There are multiple incidences like this through the narration.

Brilliant insights but narration is a let down

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various types of migrations nicely explained
must read for a student of Indian population and demographics

Migration explained

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Good summary of how indians have migrated within and outside the country, the opportunities and the associated risks

The entire world is a family

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