a very important public service announcement 

reclaimthebindi:

chettinadchutney:

greedlingerie:

• hindi is a language
• hinduism is a religion
• hindu is someone who follows it
• not all indians are hindu
• not all indians speak hindi
• the ‘d’ in hindu and hindi is pronounced like the ‘th’ in ‘though’
• desi, pronounced “they see” and not daisy or dessi, means south asian
• south asia = pakistan, india, bangladesh, sri lanka, nepal, etc. for those of you who have never looked at world map
• desis are asians and have every right to call themselves that. shocking, I know. take your time to digest that.
• I can’t believe I have to make this post
• it’s 2013 and people still don’t know how to google this shit
• but freak the fuck out when you say Britain when you meant, god forbid, England

I don’t believe all south asians identify with the term “desi”. I believe it is an in group term for only Bengalis, Pakistanis, and Indians.

reclaimthebindi

thoughts?

That’s true - not all South Asians identify with it and it literally means ‘my countrymen’.

#can someone tell me if this is all accurate?

Yes, I can confirm that this is all 100% accurate

Also! Idk but I’m pretty sure that desi is very much north-indian and other south asian state lingo bc I’ve lived in South India all my life and I’ve never heard anyone refer to themselves as desi

It’s all cool tho