First few words on the title of this Blogsite: Swissdesis. The two keywords are "swiss" and "desis".
Desi according to the site: www.lorenjavier.com/asian/terminology.html is as follows:
"This is a colloquial name for people of South Asian descent, particularly those of Indian and Pakistani descent, to self describe each other or their community. The term is derogatory outside of the South Asian community."
Hence this blog site is "for and about Desis living in Switzerland, like myself (in Switzerland since 1979).
Though the Sri Lankan Tamil Community is not often cited as those belonging to "desi" community, I will include them here for two reasons: Sri Lanka geographically is very much part of South Asia, a distinct neighbor. Secondly in terms of the resident population, Sri Lankans far outnumber other south Asian communities. Current estimates put the size of Sri Lankan Tamil population to be around 40,000 while those of Indian Origin only six to seven thousand. I really do not know how big the Pakistani community of Switzerland, but it should be of size smaller than that of Indians.
Desi according to the site: www.lorenjavier.com/asian/terminology.html is as follows:
"This is a colloquial name for people of South Asian descent, particularly those of Indian and Pakistani descent, to self describe each other or their community. The term is derogatory outside of the South Asian community."
Hence this blog site is "for and about Desis living in Switzerland, like myself (in Switzerland since 1979).
Though the Sri Lankan Tamil Community is not often cited as those belonging to "desi" community, I will include them here for two reasons: Sri Lanka geographically is very much part of South Asia, a distinct neighbor. Secondly in terms of the resident population, Sri Lankans far outnumber other south Asian communities. Current estimates put the size of Sri Lankan Tamil population to be around 40,000 while those of Indian Origin only six to seven thousand. I really do not know how big the Pakistani community of Switzerland, but it should be of size smaller than that of Indians.
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