The term free desi stories comes from Sanskrit desa region, province, country.
The word for country is Des or Desh in many languages in the Asian sub
continent. Desi thus means of the homeland in many languages of India,
Pakistan, and other countries of the subcontinent. Typically, desi is slang
commonly used by Indians.
During the heyday of the British Raj, many people
from the then undivided Indian sub continent emigrated to the UK or to other
British colonies, in search of education and opportunity.
The diaspora from what is now called South Asia increased dramatically
following the riots and massacres of Partition. Families from the affected
areas sought safety in various Commonwealth countries. Starting in the
1960s, the USA dramatically increased the amount of immigration permitted
from Asia, leading to large immigration from the subcontinent.
Similarly, the
split of the east Pakistan wing from west Pakistan in 1971
required that the newly independent country obtain a name.
The Awami League and the Bengalis both east and west Bengal, even
before partition had colloquially referred to their homeland as Bangla desh
meaning the homeland of Bengalis.
The national assembly then adopted Bangla Desh as the name for the country.
Communities that have remained distinct in South Asia have tended to mix in
diaspora. Some second or third generation immigrants, but not all, do not
think of themselves as belonging to a particular nation, sub culture, or caste,
but as just plain South Asians or Desis.
Some Desis are creating what can be called a fusion culture, in which foods,
fashions, music, and the like from many areas of South Asia are fused with
elements from Western culture. For example, urban desi is a new genre
of music formed by the fusion of traditional Indian and Western urban music.
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