exile

(source: Oxford dictionary)

Exiles can deal with their situations in two ways:

• Like the Tibetans in exile in India. They stay together, keep themselves away from the Indian mainstream, go about their business every day after reminding themselves of their homeless situation, nurture their anger, and build up a very effective international lobby in their favour.  They stand united for a single cause - Free Tibet.


• Like the Kashmiri Hindus in India. They stay dispersed in the metros, blend in with the Indian mainstream, doff their jeans and suits and go to work daily.  Every now and then, they remember the home they left behind, sigh, and then whine - mostly on social networks. They stand divided - both on who they are (Kashmiri Pandits or Kashmiri Hindus) and what they want (go back to existing Kashmir or create a separate Panun Kashmir).