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Over its history, the restaurant expanded to include three dining rooms and remained in the Sokolowski family through three generations. [ 5 ] Sokolowski's University Inn operated in a modified cafeteria style serving Polish and Eastern European specialties such as pierogis , chicken paprikash , and stuffed cabbage .
South Asian cuisine includes the traditional cuisines from the modern-day South Asian republics of Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, also sometimes including the kingdom of Bhutan and the emirate of Afghanistan. Also sometimes known as Desi cuisine, it has been influenced by and also has influenced other Asian cuisines ...
In 1986, a Chinese restaurant, Bo Loong, opened in a newly constructed building at 3922 St. Clair Avenue. Attracting both Asian and non-Asian customers, [18] it proved to be a groundbreaking establishment which anchored the emerging Asiatown. [19] In 1991, [14] Asia Plaza opened on the northwest corner of E. 30th Street and Payne Avenue. This ...
South Asians introduced some of their traditional games, such as kabaddi and kho-kho, into countries like South Africa and Malaysia during the colonial era. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In post-colonial times, kabaddi and kho-kho have been brought by the diaspora to some of the Western countries, [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] with kabaddi used in some contexts ...
Immigrants and American-born sons and daughters of India and its neighbors have raised lots of money, and fervor, for the Democratic presidential nominee. Kamala Harris is big news in India, too
The word Desi is widely used by South Asians, as well those of the South Asian diaspora, to describe themselves; those of South Asian origin, especially Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, use the term "as a means of asserting or reclaiming a sense of pride" in being South Asian, "particularly in the face of racism, discrimination, and stigmatization" of minorities in various parts of the ...
Between the 1910 and 1940 censuses, "Hindu" was a census category for race, [76] a term which is now associated with religion but then referred to South Asians in general. [77] At the time, the South Asian American population was 85% Sikh, 12% Muslim, and 3% Hindu, [78] [79] but all were nevertheless referred to as Hindus.
South Asians are in the highest concentration in the New York City metropolitan area, with other significant concentrations in California, Texas, and Illinois. As of 2012 the metropolitan areas with the largest South Asian populations are New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston.