We understand diasporas as “migrants or descendants of migrants, whose identity and sense of belonging have been shaped by their migration experience and background.” (IOM Glossary on Migration, 2019). While the term was originally used to describe the forced displacement of certain peoples, nowadays, we use it more in sense of taxonomy or 'groupification' of people on the basis of region, religion, or nationality. What is the overall effect of 'diaspora' in the overall sense of 'belonging' or 'discrimination' for those who left their native places in search of livelihood?
Good question Priti. Diaspora has been emerged as a study of more significance recently. People in a new set-up whether it is a forced migration or a compulsive one are facing some sort of identity crisis which leave them in no where. The older community especially struggle more in getting adjusted to the new environment. Leaving behind their age old ancient native place is no doubt an emotional shock, apart from other crisis like economic and so on. I have witnessed, many communities from both tribal and rural background emotionally affected more due to migration to a new place. Intensive studies needs to be carried out to have more details on impact of migration on these particular communities, their transitional phases, in different socio-cultural aspects of their life. Preeti Oza
My East Asian family and Sikh friends shared experiences of expatriation and of being demarcated as immigrants, while seeking places of diasporic belonging. Grandparents faced annihilation and grave mistreatment in distant exile. In comparative perspective, since 1937 the encyclopedic definition of “Diaspora” connoted oppression that confronted dispersed Jewish communities; in the extremest of manifestations, it ended in the unparalleled Holocaust of European Jewry. Understanding Jewish Diaspora recalls imperial as well as patriarchal and ethnoreligious aspects of scattered narratives ”in exile.“ Biblical accounts (e.g. Esther) record fears of exclusion, the agony of displacement, and the basic need for social belonging. On the other hand, there is also the deep hope to satisfy oneself for future progeny, secured someday with a lasting legacy in lands of the living.
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