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Music, Film, Books and Places
you think others will be nterested in.

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Our site is here to bridge the gap between two communities.

Desi (pronounced /dhey-see/ or /dhey-shee/, and alternatively spelled Deshi),
is a subculture found amongst the South Asian diaspora.

The term desi comes from a Sanskrit word - borrowed by most South Asian languages -
which means national. Amongst people from the Indian subcontinent, especially in English-speaking First World countries, this term refers to the blend of cultures and identity of the South Asian communities of the west, crossing national and cultural boundaries that separated them in their ancestral countries.

Indians living outside India now refer to anything or anyone related to India as desi or deshi. e.g., desi refers to an Indian, desi food refers to indian food like rice, curry, dhal, dosa, idli, roti, chapathi etc. desi dance can refer to classical dances like Bharathnatya, Kuchipudi to popular dances in the movies to punjabi dance, Bhangra, folk dances etc.

A unique style of music has arisen, especially amongst the Indian communities of the United Kingdom. Artists like Panjabi MC (who has an album called Desi) and Apache Indian have mixed the style of Indian music played along with bhangra dance with hip hop and reggae, and used a mix of the English and Punjabi languages, and have often spoken about the experience of being caught between two cultures. The Pakistani group, Junoon (two of whose members were brought up in America) mixes traditional Pakistani folk music, Sufi poetry, and Rock and Roll.