Introduction Sikh Diaspora: Theory, Agency, and Experience

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book Sikh Diaspora: Theory, Agency, and Experience . Thebook investigates various dimensions of Sikh experience and agency from a range of disciplinary approaches. In attempting to recognize the importance of migration, location, and relations while at the same time not prioritizing one at the expense of others, the book is not constrained by a single theoretical or methodological framework. Rather, the purpose of the book is to provide a sense of the highly contextualized and remarkably diversified range of diasporic engagement between Sikhs and Others, and between Sikhs themselves, by broadening the parameters of how Sikhs have engaged their diasporic circumstances. The chapter discusses the image of the kaleidoscope as a metaphor for framing the inquiry into Sikh agency and experience beyond Punjab. Keywords: Punjab; Sikhs