THE INDOFILES

First, some numbers. According to the 2000 Census, there are 2.1 million South Asians in America. Of those, nearly 1.9 million are from India, 204,000 from Pakistan, 25,000 from Sri Lanka, and 57,000 from Bangladesh.
This population is variously referred to by the individual nations, and also as Indians, Indian-Americans, South Asians, desis. [...]