The Perception of Home: A Study of the Mizo Diaspora in Zorock’s “Zoram ngaih hla”

Abstract

The term diaspora was used initially for the dispersal of Jews when they were forced into exile to Babylonia. Today, Diaspora implies a “dislocation from the nation-state or geographical location of origin and relocation in one or more nation-states, territories, or countries” (Briziel and Mannur 1) as such it is now used to refer to any transnational community which has a particular ethnic identity and in turn share common bonding as well. In the context of the Indian diaspora, in earlier times, the formation of the Indian diaspora was often as a result of induced emigration or bond but in more recent decades it usually occurs due to free choice and often for economic, artistic or social advantage.