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The South Asian diaspora, also known as the Desi diaspora, [1] is the group of people who live outside South Asia but have their ancestral origins in the Indian subcontinent. [2] There are over 44 million people in this diaspora.
The initial South Asian settlers in the Netherlands were Indian traders, small-scale entrepreneurs, and textile industry workers from Punjab who arrived in the 1940s and 1950s. [4] In the 1970s, Pakistanis migrated followed by smaller groups of Indians and Sri Lankans, including those fleeing Uganda during the Asian expulsion .
According to a study commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs, over one-third of Dutch individuals of East and Southeast Asian origin roots experienced discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic. Individuals reported incidents of verbal abuse, exclusion, and discrimination, particularly in public spaces, education, and workplaces ...
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“These are cultural references that every Indian American and many Asian Americans could relate to.” In South Asian culture and diaspora, “aunty” is an affectionate term, sometimes used as ...
A map of Asia. The Asian diaspora is the diasporic group of Asian people who live outside of the continent. There are several prominent groups within the Asian diaspora. [1] Asian diasporas have been noted for having an increasingly transnational relationship with their ancestral homelands, [2] [3] especially culturally through the use of ...
Issues of cultural diversity, different Asian diaspora populations and the quest for the Asian cinematic identity came up for discussion on Thursday as the New Currents competition jury at the ...
South Asians in the United Kingdom have been present in the country since the 17th century, with significant migration occurring in the mid-20th century. They originate primarily from eight sovereign states in South Asia which are, in alphabetical order, the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.