This article attempts to provide a framework for
understanding the Indian diaspora, which encompasses a diverse set of
people living outside India. This diversity is not only a representation
of the plurality of Indian society and heterogeneity in the phases and
patterns of migration, but also emerges out of the host country
variations. However, regardless of this diverse framework, the Indians
in the diaspora derive a commonality from their Indian origin, thus
making their identity a play between the divergences and the unifying
Indian stamp.
