Fare from India, not southern island nation (5)
I believe the answer is:
samoa
'island nation' is the definition.
(country made up of several islands)
'fare from india not southern' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'fare' could be 'a' (A is an example) and 'a' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'southern' could be 's' (abbreviation) and 's' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ma' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for samoa that I've seen before include "Group of islands in the South Pacific" , "Group of Polynesian 14s" , "Commonwealth country in the Pacific, capital Apia" , "Southwest Pacific island group" , "island territory" .)