If you're a self respecting Indian abroad, refrain from ever identifying yourself as a 'South Asian,'
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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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Oddly enough, every Indian restaurant I visited in the UK was owned and operated by Bangladeshi or Pakistani origin folks.
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Yeah that's common knowledge. It's fine though as they are trying to pass off as India.
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Yeah, understood that soon enough. "Indian Restaurant"pic.twitter.com/T9CPH2jwXq
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