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Anglo-Indian reunions: secular pilgrimages?

The Anglo-Indian diaspora is a result of the accelerated migration of Anglo-Indians from India to (mainly) Commonwealth countries after India gained independence from Britain in 1947. This article examines the World Anglo-Indian reunions that are now held every 3 years in one or another of the diaspora cities in which they have made their homes. It interrogates what it is about these week-long events that bring thousands of Anglo-Indians to them, concluding that the answer hinges on the ability for attendees to feel Anglo-Indian at a sensory, experiential level, for the duration of each reunion. It further claims that reunions can be productively understood as pilgrimages in that they renew the attendees sense of belonging to a community, in ways that can be understood in terms of Turner's notion of ‘communitas’.