varun kumar dahiya

multiple citizenship have made our identites global We now konow that all those forking out huge sums of money to dubious agents for migrating to the west and then getting gypped in the money .a citizenship of a first world conutry such as the u.s ,canada or australia can be legally obtained if one has adequtae funds. the amount of money needed to acuire citizenship varies from country to country. the canadian citizenship is possibly the cheapest , coming for an investment of RS. 1.4 crore. however,there are banks willing to finance 70 per cent of the amount which means ane can get a candian citizenship for as low as R.S 45 lakh. moreover, the citizenship is not just for an individual but for his entire family iamagine this scnario :the mehras, a family of four , buy into canadian citizenship .each member of the dahiya clan then gets an american ,birtish and australian citizenship . within the mehra family itself each member would end up having multiple citizenship beside, of course, their original indian affiliation.the dahiya would be equally exercised about the outcome of the elections in haryana aswellas who is chosen as the democrtic candidate for the next presidential polls in the us . half the family might be rooting for india and the other half for australia during a cricket match.such scenarios are no longer in the realm of the fantastic. a smallbut increasing number of people already hild multiple passport . what does this mean ofr a person"s identity ? simply put, it no longer makes sense to speak of an indian or american or british natonality .the identity of most indivduals in todays world is fragmented.ane doesn"t necessarily have to be a holder of several passports like the dahiyaes to have multiple indentites. in the case of many indian families , at least one member is either working or studying families are likely to have an active stake in events in the country where their kin is located .this would also entail widening the concept of we . we is often usedby many of us to mean the people of india .however,in a globalised world, this makes little sense. we can now encompass several antionalities at one time depending on context.indeed,it can also denote a citizenship of much large entity-that of the world - wirter - - varun kumar dahiya -