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Pockets of the West: The Engagement of the Virtual Diaspora in India

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I’m working in a very very different industry and I’m talking to American people. I’m getting, you know… a touch of how American life is.

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Mirchandani, K. (2013). Pockets of the West: The Engagement of the Virtual Diaspora in India. In: Yong, T.T., Rahman, M.M. (eds) Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137334459_13

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