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Accepted Paper:
How Indians define their identity in India and outside India?
Mohan Gautam
(European University of West & East)
Paper short abstract:
Indian Diaspora is not a homogineous group. It is often devided into several identities. However, in coutries where Indian community lives they are considered by the government and host society as,Indian group. How an Indian defines his identity in a muli-ethnic society? Pschologically and emotionally does he really feel Indian when India is far away.
Paper long abstract:
There have been attempts to define Indianness by using mostly decriptive ethnography. Anthropologists have used social structure while others religion, culture, language, festivals, life crises including marriage.The question remain unanswered that how Indians deifine their Indianness? Do they consider India as their home or an imaginary country? I think new research should be conducted with anthropological methodology. New generation is different then first one. Their perception of their Indianness and the country India is copletely different. When they visit India do they feel really same as other people of India. There are many issues related to identity maintenance mechanism and the changing interpretations. The paper will focuss on the casa studies of European and Caribbean countries.