Virtual India: Indian IT Labor and the Nation-State.

A chapter of the book "Sovereign Bodies: Citizens, Migrants and States in the Postcolonial World" edited by Thomas Blom Hansen and Finn Stepputat is presented. It explores India's connections between transnational high-skilled labors, dreams of sudden wealth and nationalism and mentions the sovereignty in an era of renewed global mobility and flexible citizenship. It highlights the country's rapid growth in the global industry of information technology.