On 21 April 2013 12:29, Surabhi Tomar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > As an aside, isn't most of India's working class 'migrant'? As is evident > from the different answers (in different scenarios) that a person gives for > "Where are you from?". For example, to people referring to my roots, I'd > have to answer U.P (where my grand-parents lived), to people referring to > my schooling, I'd have to say Delhi (where my parents live) and to people > asking for my current residence, I'd say Bangalore (where I currently > live). > > Also makes Facebook's hometown question an interesting one as you find > people living in Guwahati for the past 20 years, answering it with > Bangalore! > Immigrant vs. expat: differentiated by race, nationality, class: http://www.antropologi.info/blog/anthropology/2011/expats-and-migrants In a sense we're all either refugees or explorers. Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath
