1.6. The Future

According to prediction in the near future India will overtake China as the most populous country. The young population would be highly mobile. Given the conundrum of an expanding middle class in India, juxtaposed against the continuing abject poverty of over half a billion Indians, migration patterns will accelerate. In spite of discrimination, xenophobia, and exclusion in many countries, our Diaspora grew by over 10 million people during the last decade alone. The migration of highly-skilled professionals, the continuing export of labor, and illegal immigration to New Diaspora countries are likely to add to those numbers.