Indians in France. The multiple facets of an invisible presence. Vasoodeven VUDDAMALAY Despite their diversity, Indians in France are characterised by their insertion in the most precarious professional sectors. Differences in the geographical origins, religious practices and political systems of the emigrants' countries, have not prevented their concentration in the heart of the underground economy, which is the cloth-industry in the Sentier. This central work-area is the main factor of the development of an « Indian ethnic territory » in the Xth district of Paris, with the multiplication of ethnic businesses and associative networks. Muslims coming from the Indian sub-continent constitute a « religious elite » of Islam in France with the ...