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'American Desis' Podcast Asks: How do you Identify—South Asian, Indian-American or Desi?

Farah Khan | May 27, 2015, 6:26 AM IST

When hosts Arjun and Akaash began their podcast episode "DJ Rekha-Defiantly Undefiant" with well-known "Basement Bhangra" creator DJ Rekha, I was not expecting the conversation to boil down to a discussion about desi identity or lack thereof. But after learning a bit about DJ Rekha's roots and what led to the creation of "Basement Bhangra," the conversation moved away from bhangra beats and focused in on "desi" dils.

6 Reasons Why Every First-Gen South Asian Will Relate to “Bad Indian”

Foram Mehta | May 12, 2015, 3:23 PM IST

First-generation South Asians living abroad all have one thing in common: They know, more or less, what it means to be "bad" and not the 90s-esque cool "bad" but more like the I-can't-believe-you're-such-a-disappointment-of-a-child type of bad. Almost all first-generation South Asians knows the feeling of hearing these words uttered (or at least thought out loud) by their parents at least once growing up.

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