Description
This paper attempts to explore the ideological contours of Global South identity during the Cold War period. I attempt to understand the politics of decolonization and anti-colonialism and to find the threshold to map the origins of postcoloniality in the Indian context. The point of genesis for Global South identity remained limited to Bandung. Carolien Stolte and Sin Lee Lewis argue that Bandung for long has remained etched in the memory to be a representative of the moment of the possibility of decoloniality. In consonance with their idea that local actors and regional voices were significant in forming this global south character, I argue that there is a need for a comprehensive inclusion of a series of conferences that took place around this period. Indian woman Rameshwari Nehru played an instrumental role in conceptualizing the Conference diplomacy to consolidate the politics of decolonization and to accelerate the process of conjoining the identities of the Global South. In addition to this, Nehru became an intellectual bridge to connect the dots between the people through her allied transnational activities and close cooperation with African leaders and the community. She not only transpired an ideological revolution in the international domain but made efforts at the national level as well to uplift the downtrodden who belonged to Depressed Classes in India.
