South Asian People
The word ' desi' evolved from the Sanskrit term 'desh', which stands for country. With time its usage shifted more towards referring to people, cultures, and products of a specific region . Nowadays the word desi is a term for the people, cultures, and products of the Indian subcontinent or South Asia and, increasingly, to the people, cultures, and products of their diaspora. Desi countries include India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and sometimes Nepal and the Maldives. There are large Desi populations in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, South Africa, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Guyana, Fiji, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, the Middle East and other countries and regions.
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Famous quotes containing the words south, asian and/or people:
“To lib and die in Dixie!
Away, away, away down South in Dixie!”
—Daniel Decatur Emmett (1815–1904)
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