Bob Lee, the chairman of the town planning board, who is white, said he supported the proposal as an expression of Indian identity.

He plays Hoksila, the grandson who spurns his Indian identity.

Bose, from very early on, sought to end this practice and build up one unified Indian identity.

Drawn together by shared exile, they had a communal sense of Indian identity.

These slaves were, however, dispersed and lost their Indian cultural identity over the course of time.

Therefore, the codification of Hindu personal law became a symbolic beginning on the road to establishing the Indian national identity.

That the artist is trying for, as she says, a synthesis of past and present Indian identities, does not make the results any less glamorous.

For some, it was more significant that they could have their birth certificates changed to note their Indian identity, but the government charged a fee.

There are various ways in which Indian identity has been defined.

This can raise issues ranging from the value of pursuing an advanced degree to the fundamental question of Indian identity.