Indians in Kenya are still struggling for Socio-Political space: Dr. Sana Aiyer

Indians in Kenya are still struggling for Socio-Political space: Dr. Sana Aiyer Speaking at the Seminar organized by GRFDT in collaboration with Bharati College, Delhi University on 7th April 2016 at Bharti College on the theme “Indian Diaspora: Challenges and Adventures”, Dr. Sana Aiyar, faculty at MIT, Boston says that though Indians have migrated to Kenya few centuries back, they still struggle to get equal socio-political space as that of Kenyans. Historically, Indian businessmen especially from Gujarat settled in many African countries including Kenya much before the colonial rule. However, the large scale settlement happened during the British times who imported massive number of labour for plantation work as well as building infrastructure. Dr. Aiyer highlighted the major traits of Indian diaspora a