The 'South Asian' label is maybe 50 years old, concocted by the US State Department, seeded into Area Studies programs in US universities.
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Culturally it's most often used by commies, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and enemies of India as an umbrella term to gain respectability themselves.
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Corollary - if you're an indian, refuse to join or serve in any associations/organizations that are titled 'South Asian.' Do NOT acquiesce to this bastardized identity.
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But none of the gov forms have an option ‘Indian’. So what does one do?
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Just go with Asian
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Well that will tag us with Chinese.

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In America its acceptable
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Ahhh I dunno abt this, a lot of American students argued with a friend and me that India is not in Asia also believed Asians are only Koreans, Chinese and Japanese.
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They're idiots.
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even in India, most of people use words like Indian civilization, Indian Culture instead of Hindu Civilization, Hindu Culture...
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It’s a term most often used by pakis to avoid using the correct term “the Indian subcontinent”
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Where is north Asia?
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I always say I am Indian...it's other matter that they say Kareena Kapoor...
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Y wud any Indian do that?r there idiots who do this?
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Desi tag is the same too...
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