Project summary
This multifaceted project highlights the significance of transnational politicsa and political identities to members of the Indian diaspora in Britain. It simultaneously explores how diasporic Indians engage with their homeland, while facilitating greater appreciation and historically informed understandings of those connections within the Indian community and in British society more widely. The work sheds light on the close relationship that India has had with the politics and identities of British Asians, and equally the ‘reverse’ influence that the diaspora has exerted on the politics of the homeland.
Full project title
Political identities and transnational networks: the Indian diaspora and multiculturalism in the 20th and 21st century
Lead author
Project highlights
Highlights include
- public commemorations, including a temporary exhibition at Parliament
- work with Newcastle City Council on a plaque to C.F. Andrews
- expert consultancy and training work with various policymakers and other relevant stakeholders
- extensive collaborations with a variety of community groups and networks
- substantial international media work and coverage of the book Hindu Nationalism in the Indian Diaspora.
Press
- Discussion with Harsh Mander for Scroll.in: Hindutva in the diaspora, 18 July, 2025
- A discussion with Tushar Shetty for The Diplomat: Hindutva International: The Globalization of Hindu Politics Outside India, 14 July, 2025
- Podcast discussion with Milan Vaishnav for Grand Tamasha: Hindutva Politics in the Diaspora (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Hindustan Times), 25 June, 2025
- Edward TG Anderson: “Hindutva is now a significant feature of diasporic identity” By Majid Maqbool – Hindustani Times April 04, 2025
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What the unrest in Leicester revealed about Britain – and Modi’s India – The Guardian, 8 Feb 2024
- ‘Modi’s Long Game’ – Foreign Policy, 28 July 2024
- ‘Indian election: How will the Conservatives and Labour handle another Modi triumph?’ – The House, 1 May 2024
Project classification
Political identities and transnational networks is a History project. It belongs to the following research cluster:
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