The Indian diaspora as Australia’s identity, its future

The Indian diaspora is now officially Australia’s largest overseas-born community, overtaking the England-born population for the first time. This is not a small demographic footnote. Australia’s population has, for two centuries, been anchored by a British-derived majority. An Indian-origin community now outnumbering it marks a genuine inflection point in how the country understands itself. It is against this backdrop that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia — his third visit Down Under — will be a trip in which the diaspora is expected to command the spotlight.