Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy: Caste, Class and Indenture Abroad, 1914-67

Uncovers the remarkable role of emigration, particularly of indentured laborers, in forging independent India’s foreign relations.

Kalathmika Natarajan is Lecturer in Modern South Asian History at the University of Exeter. Her interdisciplinary research combines critical approaches to diplomatic history and South Asian migration. She has worked at the University of Edinburgh, and received her doctoral degree from the University of Copenhagen.