Diasporic Gandhi” And “Gandhi’s Diaspora” Exploring The Relevance Of Gandhi In Diaspora Through The Prism Of International Relations

Aneedrisha Hazarika

Diasporic Gandhi” And “Gandhi’s Diaspora” Exploring The Relevance Of Gandhi In Diaspora Through The Prism Of International Relations

Author(s)	Aneedrisha Hazarika
Country	India
Abstract	Indian diaspora is so widespread that it is casually exclaimed that the sun never sets on it! What started as mass migration of indentured labourers to serve in the colonial plantation economies has now given way to the free migration of the “new diasporas” in the allure of better opportunities. It will not be wrong to proclaim that the Indian diaspora today has come of age. From existing at the fringes of the societies of their host countries, they are now veritable voices of economic and political might in their host countries. Starting from 1892, when Dadabhai Naroji became a Member Parliament in Britain to the current Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) have claimed considerable political clout. But at the very core of this transition, from a disadvantaged community to a voice of reckoning, is the creation of the “homeland consciousness” forging an identity of the otherwise heterogenic diaspora scattered all around the globe. Needless to say, Mahatma Gandhi played the most crucial role in evoking this sense of belongingness to their motherland. It was his relentless battle in India and abroad that brought an end to the indentured system of recruitment and the year 1916 saw the last tranche of these labourers moving out of India. This paper seeks to explore the contribution of Gandhi in the construction of the diapsoric consciousness of the scattered migrants. In doing so, it will also gloss over the formation of “Diapsoric Gandhi” before becoming a “Nationalist Gandhi”. Lastly, it will try and decipher if the image and principles of Gandhi are still relevant to the study of international relations in general and the shaping and casting of “Indian-ness” in the new diasporas in particular.
Keywords	Gandhi, Diaspora, International Relations, Diasporic Gandhi, Gandhi’s Diaspora
Field	Sociology
Published In	Volume 1, Issue 8, November 2020
Published On	2020-11-28
Cite This	Diasporic Gandhi” And “Gandhi’s Diaspora” Exploring The Relevance Of Gandhi In Diaspora Through The Prism Of International Relations - Aneedrisha Hazarika - IJLRP Volume 1, Issue 8, November 2020.

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