ABSTRACT
While Overseas Indians have been invited by the Indian government to contribute to the nation’s development, the overseas links of Indian Muslims have instead often been portrayed as ‘foreign’ and potentially problematic. This chapter explores the complex and contested meanings of transnational financial flows in the context of education of Muslims in Gujarat. Receiving money from abroad may hold positive connotations of success and recognition in some social contexts, especially among local Muslims, but becomes a source of frustration in others – especially when organizations are confronted with the challenges of government regulations that monitor the receipt of such funds and must navigate the challenges of suspicion in a climate of communalism in Gujarat.
