Economic liberalization and globalization have introduced Indian society to the global market in which India has developed a transnational labour force in technology call centers and an increasing consumer market within major urban areas. Furthermore, through globalization India has experienced large-scale diasporic emigration to European, South East Asian, Middle Eastern, and North American countries.
Globalization has drastically altered manner in which labour is organized worldwide. This global labour market has created a new transnational labour force. Call centres in major Indian cities illustrate the proliferation of a transnational labour forces that developed due to globalization and economic liberalization. Call Centres provide person …show more content…
However, it has also allowed for the diaspora of Indians to other countries. Diasporic migrations of Indians has been a continuous process since colonials times, however, there have been challenging periods of migration due to discriminatory anti-immigration laws. Since the liberalization of immigration in the 1970s and the increase in transnational migration as a result of globalization, there has been an influx of persons of Indian origin (PIOs) in North America and Britain. These PIOs have brought aspects of their culture to their new countries while adopting cultural aspects of that society. Nonetheless, it was food that was viewed as a ‘common cultural barometer’ that charted the expansion of Indian settlement as well as the responses from the white locals (Buettner, 2008: 875). For instance, Indians living in Britain experienced racial discrimination until over time Indian food dishes were accepted and even adopted as ‘British.’ Foreign foods of immigrants were accepted by the hegemonic white culture however this ‘boutique multiculturalism’ was not emblematic of acceptance of Indian culture or even of Indians in general (Buettner, 2008: 869). Therefore, globalization of ethnic food has developed a ‘celebratory multiculturalism’ of Indian culture in western
Globalization has drastically altered manner in which labour is organized worldwide. This global labour market has created a new transnational labour force. Call centres in major Indian cities illustrate the proliferation of a transnational labour forces that developed due to globalization and economic liberalization. Call Centres provide person …show more content…
However, it has also allowed for the diaspora of Indians to other countries. Diasporic migrations of Indians has been a continuous process since colonials times, however, there have been challenging periods of migration due to discriminatory anti-immigration laws. Since the liberalization of immigration in the 1970s and the increase in transnational migration as a result of globalization, there has been an influx of persons of Indian origin (PIOs) in North America and Britain. These PIOs have brought aspects of their culture to their new countries while adopting cultural aspects of that society. Nonetheless, it was food that was viewed as a ‘common cultural barometer’ that charted the expansion of Indian settlement as well as the responses from the white locals (Buettner, 2008: 875). For instance, Indians living in Britain experienced racial discrimination until over time Indian food dishes were accepted and even adopted as ‘British.’ Foreign foods of immigrants were accepted by the hegemonic white culture however this ‘boutique multiculturalism’ was not emblematic of acceptance of Indian culture or even of Indians in general (Buettner, 2008: 869). Therefore, globalization of ethnic food has developed a ‘celebratory multiculturalism’ of Indian culture in western