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The Indian diaspora constitutes one of the largest and most diverse diasporic communities in the world, with a history spanning centuries of colonial migration, postcolonial displacement, and contemporary globalization. The literature emerging from this community reflects complex negotiations of identity, belonging, and cultural hybridity. This paper examines Indian diaspora literature through a close engagement with key theoretical and literary texts. Drawing on foundational works such as Salman Rushdie's Imaginary Homelands and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's insights on women in the transnational world, alongside fiction by Jhumpa Lahiri and critical frameworks developed by scholars like Jasbir Jain and N. Jayaram, the paper explores themes of nostalgia, alienation, linguistic negotiation, and the politics of memory. It argues that diaspora literature not only mirrors the struggles of displacement but also creates a new imaginative space where hybrid identities thrive. By engaging both sociological perspectives on migration and literary analysis of diasporic texts, the paper highlights how Indian diaspora literature acts as both an archive of memory and a site of resistance.