LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 8 August 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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No Entente Cordiale But An Entanglement: Migration Is No More Alluring in M. G. Vassanji’s No New Land

M. Shanthi, M.A., M.Phil.

On Defining Diaspora

The term diaspora refers to the movement of any population sharing common ethnic identity who were either forced to leave or voluntarily left their settled territory, and became residents in areas often far removed from the former. The term became more widely assimilated into English by the mid-1950s, with long-term expatriates in significant numbers from particular countries or regions also being referred to as a diaspora.

In academic field, diaspora studies are now well-established, relating to this contemporary, more general sense of the word. In all cases, the term diaspora carries a sense of displacement; that is, the population so described finds itself for whatever reason separated from its national territory; and usually it has a hope, or at least a desire, to return to their homeland at some point, if the “homeland” still exists in any meaningful sense. Some writers have noted that diaspora may result in a loss of nostalgia for a single home as people “re-root” in a series of meaningful displacements.

Largest Asian Diaspora

The largest Asian diaspora outside of Asia is that of the Indian diaspora. It constitutes a diverse, heterogeneous and eclectic global community representing different regions,languages, cultures, and faiths. Writers of the Indian diaspora have been fairly centre-stage in the last decade primarily because of the theoretical formulations, which are now being generated by the critiquing of their work and the growing interest in cultural studies.

Language and cultures are transformed as they come into contact with other languages and cultures.

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M. Shanthi, M.A., M.Phil.
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The Standard Fireworks Rajaratnam College for Women
Sivakasi - 626 123
Tamilnadu
India
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