Contents

Acknowledgements

1 Journeys, Age and Narrative: An Introduction

2 Ways of Telling

3 Two Elders

4 Men's Histories: Narratives of Masculinity and Migration

5 Women's Histories: The Transnational Work of Kinship and Caring

6 Ageing Bodies: Dependency, Ambivalence and Protest

7 Narrating Sickness: Women's and Men's Accounts of Strokes and Chronic Illness

8 The Final Journey: Death, Ritual and Return to the Desh

9 Conclusion: Desh - Bidesh Revisited

Glossary

Appendix: Basic Household Information

References