Integrating Knowledge for Sustainable and Inclusive Global Development Through Indian Diasporic Literature

Abstract

Migration and the impact of the changes it is bringing about in identities, culture, and social relationships have become one of the most salient features of the 21^st century; this change is captured in the Indian migrant literature through the images of emotional immigrant 'cultural' reports of people moving between the place of origin and host society. Despite nostalgia and transnational identity, however, this paper asserts that the field of cultural dislocation is a whole story, rather than the know-how that migrants ingest. Further, it discusses how the displacement represented in such accounts could be read into the literary comments of Indian diaspora literature, and how it could be related to other theoretical debates on global sustainable and inclusive development via Stuart Hall, Homi K. Bhabha, Avtar Brah, Robin Cohen, and Paul Gilroy's own works. Rather than the migration narrative and its complete association with a sense of loss, Indian diasporic literature demonstrates the emergence of alternative ways of belonging through cultural discourses of mutual recognition and shared humanity. Consequently, these stories are regarded as a strong network that encourages the development and integration of competences, empathy, and knowledge of cultural and international citizenship. Such literature can ignite discussion across cultures, help foster coexistence in and beyond more diverse societies, and contribute significantly to sustainable, inclusive worldwide improvement. However, it is not best at explaining social realities.