Diaspora means “to scatter” in Greek, and the term is commonly used “to describe a community of people who live outside their shared country of origin or ancestry but maintain active connections with it,” according to the International Diaspora Engagement Alliance. “A diaspora includes both emigrants and their descendants. While some people lose their attachment to their ancestral homeland, others maintain a strong connection to a place which their ancestors may have left generations ago. Many Americans come from mixed heritage and therefore can claim membership in multiple diaspora communities.”
The term is commonly used to describe the African diaspora or Black diaspora, the Jewish diaspora (the dispersion of Israelites, Judahites, and later Jews out of their ancestral homeland in the Land of Israel) and the Indian diaspora, the migration of people from India.
Diasporas are often linked to an historic event, such as the expulsion of Jews from Judea, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, the Irish Famine, etc.
migrated from territories that are currently within the borders of the Republic of India