Understanding Diaspora: From Colonial to Post-Colonial Period

This paper has been written to provide a framework to understand the Indian Diaspora in a better way. An attempt has been made to understand all types of Indian diasporic people living abroad. This paper would explain the diversity in the Indian diaspora and trace the patterns of the migration starting from the colonial period till present. It would show how the diaspora havebeen influenced by the adopted new country. However, an attempt has been made to explain the unity in diversity, although the Indians divide themselves into groups on the different basis such as region, religion, caste, language, etc still they have a common bond that is of Indianess which keeps them tied to each other.