Fractured Belonging: Citizenship Renunciation and the Reconfiguration of the Indian Diaspora

Author(s)	Mr. Shafaf Muradh P C
Country	India
Abstract	The problem of citizenship is a hot academic and non-academic topic in India. The year 2022 witnessed a record number of Indians (2,25,620) apply to renounce their citizenship in the country. As per the figures released by the Ministry of External Affairs, between 2021 and 2024, around 811,587 Indian nationals gave up their Indian citizenship. While dual citizenship restrictions are widely identified, this paper aims to highlight the effects of more profound societal and political shifts, like the CAA, religious divides, and rising fears of inclusion/exclusion, as key drivers of citizenship surrender. The study explores citizenship laws, policies, and protests that erupted to show how changing ideas of belonging and the state’s push for “real” citizenship drive disenchantment, particularly among young, educated minority communities. Drawing on government data and diaspora studies, this article highlights the emerging complexities of fractured belonging in an era of global mobility and rigid national identity frameworks. The paper also examines how these shifts transform the Indian diaspora—its scale and spread, growing political voice, identity debates, and complex, often uneasy ties with the Indian state.
Keywords	Keywords: Citizenship, Renunciation, Diaspora, CAA.
Field	Sociology > Politics
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025
Published On	2025-07-07
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.50268

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