Desi?
I'm glad the thread I started over a year ago is still alive!
I have a dumb question, what's a desi chick.
rockhudson,
I once had a teacher who said that there was no such thing as a dumb question...
Except, possibly, the question not asked...
Desi is a word originally from Sanskrit literally meaning "from the country" or "of the country". The term "Desi" is commonly used by people of South Asian heritage speaking Hindi, Urdu, or Punjabi, to refer to a "fellow countryman" (or more likely "country woman" in this case).
To be more geographically specific (since my moniker IS mapman), the term is used by/refers to (other) people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal & Sri Lanka.
I hope that helps.