Oshwals – additional reading
Like to know more about the Oshwals? We encourage you to read the following.
History of Halari Visa Oshwals by Rati Dodhia: Distributed in electronic format.
Rati Dodhia’s book is a thorough research into the history and subsequent migration of Oshwals from the Halari region in Gujarath. Rati at times even records names of families and individuals who was at the forefront of writing the history of this community. Published by Rati Dodhia in 2005.
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Glimpses of Heritage: Keshvlal M Shah
This PDF document traces the history of Keshvlalbhai’s “heritage”, from his early life in Navagam in the early 1920s to move from India to Kenya and then to UK a period covering several decades. Keshvlalbhai’s story has several strands common to most to most Oshwals. A must read.
Gujaratis in the West: Evolving Identities in Contemporary Society
Copyright © 2007 by Anjoom A. Mukadam and Sharmina Mawani and contributors
“Gujaratis in the West: Evolving Identities in Contemporary Society is uniquely placed in that it is a compilation of the works of scholars focusing on the diverse nature of Gujarati communities. This volume offers an insight, through different lenses and in varying contexts, of the complexities faced by particular Gujarati communities in a specific time and space. In contemporary societies the concept of identity has taken on greater importance and there are now increasing debates relating to the locality of certain communities, their allegiance to the nation states in which they reside as well as their links to the land of their ancestors. Gujaratis in the West investigates how Gujaratis, who are considered to be successful and integrated, construct and express their complex religious, linguistic and ethnic identities in the contexts of the nations in which they reside ” – Excerpt from Amazon, UK. Available for purchase at Amazon.com.
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Gujarati-English Learner’s dictionary by Babu Suthar, South Asia Regional Studies | University of Pennsylvania
A useful dictionary by Babu Suthar that gives phonetic translations of Gujarati letters. A must read for young and old Gujarati language learners.
