Basically, I chose to use my AIM screenname, supradesi, as my profile name.
Supradesi has been my AIM screenname for 4+ years now. I've owned an 1986.5 Toyota Supra (yes 1986.5!) for about 5 years. So 4+ years ago I chose to use that as part of my SN.
The word desi is Hindi for the word "native." It is used here in America as a positive slang for someone with a background coming from the Indian subcontinent. I'm a first generation Indian-American. So there's the 2nd half.
Often you can't tell by looking at someone which country they come from. Sometimes if an Indian-American man asks a Pakistani immigrant if he is from India, he would get offended and vice versa. Why that is, is a long story! So asking someone if they are "desi" is a polite way to ask someone from that region where they are from.
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