Indians: The Most Connected Diaspora
Category: WORLDPOST
As intensified globalization has increased the spatial distance between Indians, they are thronging towards online platforms that offer a sense of kinship and community. To Indians, both within and outside India, the Internet is an alternative public sphere to hold discourses with those who share a similarity of interests. Social networking sites also offer them a platform to assert their identity, culture and political inclination.
By Pawan Khera, ContributorPolitical Analyst working with Indian National Congress, 2014-12-08