DIASPORA

Although used to signify the years old movement of Jews from Judea forced upon them by Babylonians, the word is also used for similar dispersion of the community out of Palestine. More appropriately it can be used for the scattering of people away from their original homeland. Such a movement forms an important part of the triad – movement of capital, movement of data (information) and the movement of people. Diaspora as a ‘word’ has added information relating to the woes of the population (which is beyond representation of their movement pattern) across the globe. This cross cultural hybrid and religious mix which characterise our ‘disporic’ situation can be an interesting map of exchange and tension.
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