Amitav Acharya

Yeah, it's a big export for India, but also want loyalty.

Loyalty meaning always think of the Indian interests.

India has facilitated in some ways by allowing people with Indian connections born in India to go back and live in India.

So India definitely wants them.

Oh, yeah.

That's certainly the policy of the current government.

Yes.

There's absolutely no question about it.

But you have to say, why not?

Why can't you do that?

We have examples of the Jewish diaspora supporting Israel.

We have, for example, Iris.

But that may not be what I can say, that that's true, but it's not the only reason.

The economic financial side is very important.

And secondly, it comes and goes with who is in power.

I didn't see it that strongly.

In fact, I've seen former Indian leaders going to Africa and other places and say, you should identify with the aspirations of your own country.

People like Nehru to counter that kind of immigrant nationalism, pro-Indian nationalism in other countries, because they know that this will create tensions and this will also become an anti-India thing, like what happened in Uganda, for example, when Indians were expelled.

So I think there will be a limit.

But I think currently it is an instrument of foreign policy.