Narendra Modi urges the Indian diaspora to become an extension of foreign policy, For years, Indians viewed their countrymen who emigrated abroad for better opportunities with suspicion – as if they’d somehow betrayed the motherland.
But with roughly 25 million people of Indian origin now scattered across the globe – including more than 3 million in the US – attitudes about the Indian diaspora are changing dramatically.
And the country’s new government is looking at the huge expatriate population – second only to China’s – as a valuable component of India’s foreign policy, in much the same way the Jewish diaspora in the US influences international opinion and policy on Israel...Read More
But with roughly 25 million people of Indian origin now scattered across the globe – including more than 3 million in the US – attitudes about the Indian diaspora are changing dramatically.
And the country’s new government is looking at the huge expatriate population – second only to China’s – as a valuable component of India’s foreign policy, in much the same way the Jewish diaspora in the US influences international opinion and policy on Israel...Read More
