Diaspora in India's Geopolitical Visions

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ID11068554
AuthorsSanjay Chaturvedi (0000-0003-2495-0329, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume32
Issue3
Pages141-168
Publication date2005-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Affairs An American Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0092-7678 • E-ISSN: 1940-1590
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3200/aafs.32.3.141-168
OpenAlexW2064369574
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited13

B etween the deterritorialization of the world's spaces and the myth of origin, between the nation-state and the plural affiliations of multinational corporations-this is the milieu of today's diasporas. Not so much as a border -in the sense of that which is crossed or that which anticipates new proprietorship-diasporas and their practices produce and inhabit a postcolonial frontier. This is a contradictory landscape. On the one hand, it is global, so that diasporas are emblems of transnational movement. On the other hand, a particular community more often than not forms itself according to the territorial boundaries of nation-states: for example, that of the host nation and that of the homeland (Axel 1996, 173). The Indian diaspora spans the globe and stretches across all the oceans and continents. It is so widespread that the sun never sets on the Indian diaspora. The population of the Indian diaspora is estimated to be about twenty million. They live in different countries, speak different languages, and are engaged in different vocations. What gives them their common identity is their Indian origin, their consciousness of their cultural heritage, and their deep attachment to India. Whether the state withdraws or is reimagined, the reinforcement of identities is often at stake. The new transnational economic seems not to diminish the need for a local or national political discourse. The essential question is whether the resulting geopolitical visions and discourses will interface with the new transnational economic reality or remain just a rhetoric accompaniment that serves essentially to boost pride and diminish pain It requires much optimism to believe that international relations in the future will remain free from the

Diaspora · Geography · Geopolitics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Vision · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Indian Economic and Social Development · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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