A lot of "Indians" don't identify with 'desi'; Pakistanis are Middle Eastern (rating, Muslim)
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'Desi' has always been synonymous with North Indians or just the Hindi belt even. As an ethnic South Indian, I've never watched a Bollywood film in my entire life; my parents have only watched two or three Bollywood films max.
I don't racially identify with Pakistanis; they look Middle Eastern, they're genetically Middle Eastern, and I genuinely find that I have very little in common with them culturally.
I also think that there's too much emphasis on integrating Muslims with Indians. India is a multi-cultural country, and I think Indians outside India will also be multi-cultural. Indians/Hindus should be allowed to feel proud of their culture, rather than trying to bend over for Muslims.
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How are Pakistanis Middle Eastern when they originate from India? And Muslims already live in India, just like Sikhs and Christians. Hindu and India are not synonymous with each other.
Well do you think Americans of mostly Western descent and Christian identify with Pakistani or middle-eastern muslims either lol? We have a mostly forgotten 1300 year history of them being and on and off again thorn in the side.
Epic geography and cultural FAIL. And coming from a so-called South Indian?
Maybe if you hail from Southern India, a lot of folks there don't speak Hindi. I get it.
Pakistani's aren't Middle Eastern. Puh-leeze. I've been there. The people there are pretty varied in appearance depending on where they hail from.
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