US NRIs: The dharma of diversity

A humorous but true account of the dizzying diversity of Indian diaspora in the US.

The dharma of diversity
9 Dec 2007, 0142 hrs IST,Chidanand Rajghatta

The United States and India both brag about their diversity — their respective diverse, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual societies. But what happens when you put 2.6 million Indians in the US? They bring their full range of plurality with them to a country that, much like India, allows full expression. No Indian state or group or caste is too small or too big to form a representative association in America. So, we have everything here from NAMA (North American Manipuri Association) to BANA (Bhojpuri Association of North America), from the Bruhan Maharashtra Mandali to the Bangla Samaj. Oh, how they multiply and divide.

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