ABSTRACT
This chapter examines four narrative accounts of migrant women as they describe the displacement from their daily practices of living and the formation of new relationships in a different place. A growing body of South Asian historiography has produced rich analyses on the trends, causes, and memories of migration in particular to partition literature, but a sense of belongingness, dislocation, and memory that emerges from the several accounts during and after migration in the contemporary period has been understudied. This chapter analyzes the narrative accounts where the migrant women describe their perception of dislocation from their natal kin, while building newer attachments in unfamiliar and new spaces. For some women, home is where they came from; for others, home is where they are going; while for some, home is where they are situated. Using ethnographic data gathered through interviews and prolonged observations, this chapter examines issues pertaining to memory and choice which constitute migrant experiences, especially among women domestic workers belonging to marginalised and minority communities.
