Define Desi

Very often I see the kids refering the term Desi...like my parents becoming typical Desi (Now Mariyam, donot kill me for this😛)

But what do we really imply by that, that they are being backward, or mor e protective or selfish or putting too much unneccesary pressure on you.

How do you take and why is it givne a term like Desi behaviour?

Need to know so that I can figure out when my kids will call me Desi mom😉

Now Mythalli , this is different then love and marriage topics😃😳😛

Its just a term which means that we are from the same DESH. Nothing to do with behaviour or backwardness etc. When I call someone DESI all I mean is they are from INDIA.
To me any INDIAN out of INDIA is a desi. He/She may be living in any other part of the world. When I mean DESI its just states the country of origin.
I have never been called a DESI MOM, but the fact remains that I am a DESI mom of AMERICAN kids. 😉 😉 😉

Originally posted by: Swar_Raj

Very often I see the kids refering the term Desi...like my parents becoming typical Desi (Now Mariyam, donot kill me for this😛)

Now Mythalli , this is different then love and marriage topics😃😳😛

Very often: Since when it happened "Very often" from me😕😕😕 tsk tsk.. bechari teen ko phasaya😭.... yeh baahot na-insaafi hai reee😆

kids: alright .... i need to check my b'day certificate and international standards of addressing😉😆!! How come 19 yr old sweet lil teens became kids... when did this happen 😲

becoming: Yeh ilzaaaaaaaaam hai... ......😆..i never said my mom"Became" a typical desi... i said a typical desi thought comes to her mind... that doesn't make my mom the one u are trying to make her😆

Mariyam, donot kill me for this😛: no... i wont😛.... becoz Queen salamat ne maaf kiya😆...but wht u suggest when ppl spell my name wrongly😳...ab maaf kiya jaaye ya chor diya jaaye?! Bol tere saath kya salook kiya jaaye😆

ok.. write my name 5 times saying u love me........😆😳 [Mythili... Swar Raj is not a man... plz address her as "She" as one time i misunderstood her as belonging from the male fraternity of humanity😳.. u are not alone culprit of this Venus Mars flight!!😆]

😳 [Mythili... Swar Raj is not a man... plz address her as "She" as one time i misunderstood her as belonging from the male fraternity of humanity😳.. u are not alone culprit of this Venus Mars flight!!😆]

Maryam!!! I'm really scared to address people of DM these days.I will address all the debators as "friend" from now !!!

I'm a desi in this type of things!!!

Originally posted by: MNMS

Very often: Since when it happened "Very often" from me😕😕😕 tsk tsk.. bechari teen ko phasaya😭.... yeh baahot na-insaafi hai reee😆

kids: alright .... i need to check my b'day certificate and international standards of addressing😉😆!! How come 19 yr old sweet lil teens became kids... when did this happen 😲

becoming: Yeh ilzaaaaaaaaam hai... ......😆..i never said my mom"Became" a typical desi... i said a typical desi thought comes to her mind... that doesn't make my mom the one u are trying to make her😆

Mariyam, donot kill me for this😛: no... i wont😛.... becoz Queen salamat ne maaf kiya😆...but wht u suggest when ppl spell my name wrongly😳...ab maaf kiya jaaye ya chor diya jaaye?! Bol tere saath kya salook kiya jaaye😆

ok.. write my name 5 times saying u love me........😆😳 [Mythili... Swar Raj is not a man... plz address her as "She" as one time i misunderstood her as belonging from the male fraternity of humanity😳.. u are not alone culprit of this Venus Mars flight!!😆]

to me you are a kid dear. And did I spell your name wrong...I am chowwrry😆

Originally posted by: mythili_Kiran

😳 [Mythili... Swar Raj is not a man... plz address her as "She" as one time i misunderstood her as belonging from the male fraternity of humanity😳.. u are not alone culprit of this Venus Mars flight!!😆]

Maryam!!! I'm really scared to address people of DM these days.I will address all the debators as "friend" from now !!!

I'm a desi in this type of things!!!

😆Ok did I miss where I though what I am, which I am not😆😆

You can call me Swar😛

I guess I am desi too, and not sure what I will do when I hear that from my kids😆 butr very often I read or hear in parties..>Desi panna choddo....so used to wonder , if Desi mean our desh, then how can we leave it??? or doe sit refer to a particular mentality??

Originally posted by: sareg

Desi Identity
The term comes from the Sanskrit ( ???? ) "Deœah" ("nation" or "the motherland") [10] and when pronounced as Deshi/Desi, it refers to something that has its roots in Desh/Des (Desi-Countryman, Desi Ghee-Indian Butter, Desi Dawaa-Home Remedy). According to Desi Knowledge, Desi is Hindi for "people from India".[11] As most of South Asian languages can trace their origins to Sanskrit, the word for country is "Des" or "Desh" in them. According to the Desi Clothing Company, it means "roots, pride and culture".[12] For Sandip Roy Chowdhury, Desi means a (South Asian) person coexisting with mainstream society. [13]

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Thanks Sareg ji. 👏 But looks lie it is taken in to many aspects here. Desi kind of refers a generation gap. I rember some one commenting...we migrate but we impose our identity and culture at new place tooa nd it is desi panna...I could never find any logic there. Yes I also beleive in Jaissa desh waissa bhesh, but acknowleding and adopting out culture...is t backwardness