This study explores the dynamic nature of cultural identity within the Indian diaspora, challenging fixed or static notions of selfhood. Through an interdisciplinary approach combining diaspora studies, cultural theory, and ethnographic insights, it examines how individuals and communities negotiate, reconstruct, and evolve their identities amid transnational experiences, migration, and globalization. The paper highlights the interplay between heritage, memory, and contemporary social realities, arguing that cultural identity in the Indian diaspora is a fluid, ongoing process shaped by hybridity, adaptation, and resistance. This reconceptualization offers fresh perspectives on belonging, self-representation, and the politics of identity in multicultural contexts.  

Indian diaspora, cultural identity, transnationalism

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