New Lamps for Old: Diasporas Migrancy Borders

Abstract

This paper is about diasporas, nation-states and the self. It is about peoples whose selves are defined by real or imagined displacements, by self-imposed sense of exile or by the policies of a nation-state that lead to irredentist or separatist movements on the part of sections of its citizenry. The paper is about those people who do not feel comfortable with their non-hyphenated identities as indicated on their passports.