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Although there have been some discussions about 'diaspora' in the past, this has been more pronounced in the intellectual and public domain during the last decade of the 20th century. Why has 'diaspora' attracted such scholarly interest only recently? Who are the protagonists who have made important contributions to the field? Essays provides some answers by focusing on themes such as immigration, transnationalism, ethnicity, identity, religion, politics, ...
The concept of diaspora has been much debated during the past decade in terms of the essential and additional features that go with it, arguing which groups or communities could beuld not be designated as diaspora. The Indian diaspora today, with a strong community constituting more than 20 million and spreading across a hundred countries, continues to grow in size and making its transnational presence felt. This collection of essays traces some of the plurality ...