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On this page we will place material about the Indian diaspora in general. 

What is diaspora? We googled around and found a lot of references to the Jewish people (e.g. "Noun 1. diaspora - the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel"). But one definition is also: 
"3. diaspora - the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)

 

The Great Indian Diaspora - a preface
By Francis C. Assisi

“I choose the word ‘diaspora’ for the transplantation of my community from India during the second half of the nineteenth century, ...[more]

 

Manas - the Indian Diaspora
found on this website

The Indian diaspora today constitutes an important, and in some respects unique, force in world culture. The origins of the modern Indian ...[more]