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The South Asian diaspora, also known as the Desi diaspora, [1] is the group of people whose ancestral origins lie in South Asia, but who live outside the region. [2] There are over 44 million people in this diaspora.
The traditions of different ethnic groups in South Asia have diverged, influenced by external cultures, especially in the northwestern parts of South Asia and also in the border regions and busy ports, where there are greater levels of contact with external cultures. There is also a lot of genetic diversity within the region.
South Asians are stereotyped around the world in ways that are dehumanizing, and in some cases it can lead to depression and mental health issues. [2] [7]According to a study by Burr et al. (2002), cultural stereotypes among women from South Asian communities have been linked to patterns of suicide and depression.
In the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, the term "Asian" generally refers to people of South Asian and Southeast Asian descent due to the large Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Filipino expatriate populations in these countries. [6] [7] [8] However, there are instances where the term is used solely to refer to those of South Asian descent. [9]
The concept of "pasmanda" includes ajlaf and arzal Muslims; ajlaf status is defined by descent from converts to Islam and by pesha (profession). [7] These terms are not part of the sociological vocabulary in regions such as Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh , and say little about the functioning of Muslim society.
“Definition Please,” a new film by Sujata Day that tells the story of an Indian American woman 15 years after she wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee, will
History and Sociology of South Asia is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on the social, economic, and political fabric of South Asian societies. It is published by SAGE Publishing in association with the Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies (Jamia Millia Islamia) [1] and the editor-in-chief is Velayutham Saravanan.
Society and Culture in South Asia is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles in the fields of sociology, social anthropology in the main, and sociology of education, sociology of medicine, arts and aesthetics, cultural studies, sociology of mass media, sociology of law, urban studies inter alia.