jedzenie: Indian diaspora

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Indian diaspora (ISO: Bhāratīya Pravāsī), officially Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIOs), are people of Indian descent who reside or originate outside of India, forming a part of the larger South Asian diaspora. According to the Government of India, Non-Resident Indians are citizens of India who currently are not living in India, while the term People of Indian Origin refers to people of Indian birth or ancestry who are citizens of countries other than India (with some exceptions). Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) is given to People of Indian Origin and to persons who are not People of Indian Origin but married to an Indian citizen or Person of Indian Origin. P…

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“The Largest Gathering of the Global Indian Family”: Neoliberalism, Nationalism, and Diaspora at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. Mani and Varadarajan examine the first annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (“Day of Indians Abroad”), a conference organized by India’s government that in 2003 attracted more than 2,000 persons of Indian origin from around the world, including the descendants of indentured laborers in the Caribbean as well as Silicon Valley professionals. Culminating a decade of neoliberal economic reforms initiated by the Indian government, this and other Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conferences inaugurated a new cultural, historical, and political relationship between the Indian state and its di…

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The Gujarati diaspora refers to the descendants of the Indian ethnolinguistic group known as Gujaratis who emigrated out of Gujarat and adjacent areas in the Indian subcontinent to the rest of the world. Gujaratis have a long tradition of seafaring and a history of overseas migration to foreign lands, to Yemen Oman Bahrain, Kuwait, Zanzibar and other countries in the Persian Gulf since a mercantile culture resulted naturally from the state's proximity to the Arabian Sea. The countries with the largest Gujarati populations are Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Fiji and many countries in Southern and East Africa. Globally, Gujaratis are estimated to constitute ar…

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The Tamil diaspora refers to descendants of the Tamil speaking immigrants who emigrated from their native lands in the southern Indian subcontinent (Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Sri Lanka) to other parts of the world. They are found primarily in Malaysia, Arab states of the Persian Gulf, South Africa, North America, Western Europe, and Singapore. It can be divided into two main diasporic clusters, due to geographical, historical and cultural reasons, as Indian Tamil diaspora and Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora. Four groups make up the bulk of the Tamil diaspora: colonial-era descendants of migrants to Southeast Asia, South Africa, East Africa, the Caribbean, and Fiji; recent, educated Tamil immigra…

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The South Asian diaspora is the group of people whose ancestral origins lie in South Asia, but who live outside the region. With more than 44 million people within the cultural diaspora, it is one of the largest in the world. The term encompasses all whose ancestral and cultural origins lie in the modern nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Nepal, with Afghanistan often included. The diaspora is considered a distinct ethnic group by many nations’ censuses, with it having the largest number of immigrants in the world.

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Primary health care experiences of Indian immigrants living with chronic illnesses in Australia: a qualitative study.. Aim To explore the primary health care experiences of Indian immigrants living with chronic illnesses in Australia. Background Primary health care is integral for managing health issues for people living with chronic illnesses. Despite Indian migrants being the largest overseas-born population in Australia to use primary health care services for their chronic illnesses, at this time, limited literature reports on their experiences in Australia. Methods A qualitative exploratory approach was adopted for this study. Through purposive sampling, 11 participants were recruited,…

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Factors influencing Chinese cultural identity among new generations of ethnic Chinese in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand: a comparative Study.. Introduction The cultural identity of overseas Chinese populations, particularly new generations born and raised in their host societies, has become an increasingly important topic in globalization research. Previous studies have largely focused on Western immigrant populations, with limited attention to non-Western, non-migrant communities such as new-generation ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia. Moreover, prior research has tended to examine language and media factors in isolation. To address these gaps, this study proposes an integrative model e…

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The Malaysian diaspora consists of Malaysian citizens who emigrated from Malaysia, or individuals with ancestral connections to its predecessor states, the Federation of Malaya, the Malayan Union or British Malaya, along with their descendants residing in foreign countries. The population is estimated at approximately 1.86 to 2.49 million, comprising both the descendants of early migrants and more recent emigrants from modern-day Malaysia. The largest of these overseas communities are located in Singapore, Australia, Brunei, and the United Kingdom. Emigration from Malaysia is a complex demographic phenomenon existing for decades and having a number of reasons, with institutional racism bein…

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The Indian Diaspora, Diaspora Policies, and Overseas Citizenship of India

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The Armenian diaspora are the communities of Armenians outside the Armenian highlands. Since antiquity, Armenians have established communities in many regions throughout the world. The Armenian diaspora is one of the oldest and largest diasporas in the world, with the oldest community being the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. The modern Armenian diaspora was largely formed as a result of the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire, which forced Armenians in Western Armenia to flee. From that point forward, Armenians became fundamentally a diaspora nation, with a majority of their people living outside their ancestral homeland. Another wave of emigration from Eastern Armenia occurred in the…

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A diaspora ( dy-ASP-ər-ə) is a population dispersed across multiple regions outside its geographic place of origin, typically comprising people who continue to identify—culturally, politically, religiously, or emotionally—with a particular homeland while residing elsewhere. The term originates from the ancient Greek διασπορά (diaspora, lit. 'dispersion') and was first used this way in reference to the Jewish exile following the Babylonian captivity. The term now broadly encompasses communities formed through voluntary migration (such as trade, labor movement, or education) as well as through forced displacement caused by conquest, persecution, enslavement, famine, or war. The concept of dia…

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Tapping the Indian Diaspora for Indian Development. According to the Government of India, there are over 20 million people of Indian origin living outside India (GOI 2000). They live in nearly every country of the world, and they span the spectrum of class, profession, and history—ranging from 5th generation descendants of indentured servants in the Caribbean, to 4th generation descendants of mercenaries and traders operating under British colonialism in Africa, to 2nd generation descendants of doctors and engineers in North America. Indians today continue to migrate outside India to work as undocumented construction workers or domestic servants in the Middle East, as taxi drivers in New Je…