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“For me personally, it’s about maintaining the connection with the motherland, the fatherland – whatever you call it,” she says.<\/p>\n
She laughs as she describes her love of Indian mangos, and admits she regularly would regularly order from a particular store online in a bid to get her mango fix, especially during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
“It’s what I used to eat growing up in India every summer – every day after every meal.”<\/p>\n
Maria Elo, is an associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark who has a number of books and articles on diaspora and trade.<\/p>\n
She says it’s important to be aware of the framing that occurs whenever diaspora is discussed, with migrants often described in one of two ways. <\/p>\n
One narrative is that migration and diaspora are problematic. Prof Elo describes that as a “deficit view” with negative connotations. But she adds there is also a positive narrative, which involves “a big promise for business and economy”.<\/p>\n
She adds that research shows that diaspora entrepreneurs are agile, and encourage cross-over products. “We all eat pizza today, although we’re not all Italians and that is something that crossed over a long time ago.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n