Transnational relationships between Indian migrant women household workers
in Hong Kong and their family members in India is the focus of the book.
The impact of migration on these solo women migrants, the strengths that
they draw from work, income and friendship ties developed with fellow
migrants at destination, and the cumulative impact these have on transnational
relationships with families that they left behind, were unknown.
Firstly, it emerged that Indian migrant women household workers in Hong
Kong drew strength from their membership of small groups by developing
reciprocal lunch box...