Diaspora groups across the world have been known for adopting and inventing processes and forms of ‘homemaking’ in their host lands. This article brings into focus the methods of homemaking assumed by the Indo-Surinamese Hindustani diaspora in the Netherlands, which owes its origin to colonial dispersal. Considering their status as a ‘twice-migrant’ diaspora, the process may appear to be distinctly difficult for the Hindustanis, a position this article seeks to examine. The article interrogates the notion of homemaking in the case of the Hindustanis through ethnographic conversational interviews of Indo-Surinamese interlocutors—a unique perspective based on personal histories and everyday experiences.

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在侨民中理解“家政”

世界各地的侨民群体以在其东道国采用和发明“家庭建设”的过程和形式而闻名。本文重点关注散居荷兰的印度-苏里南印度斯坦人所采用的家政方法，其起源应归功于殖民地分散。考虑到他们作为“两次移民”侨民的身份，这个过程对印度斯坦人来说可能显得非常困难，这是本文试图研究的一个立场。这篇文章通过对印度-苏里南对话者的民族志对话访谈——一种基于个人历史和日常经历的独特视角——以印度斯坦人为例质疑家政的概念。