I will be writing this week’s blog on Maira’s article “Mixed
Desires.” I love this article because it is written by one of our ASA professor
in our department. From Maira, I learned many interesting facts about New York
City that I’ve never heard of. I didn’t know that in NYC, there are many second
generation Indian youths with their own pop culture. These youth are called “desi youth.” These youth makes fusion of
Hindi, Pakistani dance and music with American music. Not only that they all
like to party and dance. These young Indian DJs that make this fusion music
work part time for fun at parties, clubs, restaurants and college campuses. It’s
nice to see these young Indian youth creating new music with American and
Indian music. Also these events are called “desi scenes” that brought them together
as one. We watched Paris By Night in class and it's nice to listen to Asian music.
Question:
What is Maira trying to say about Indians being displaced?
What does that have to do with desi youth? How is all this related to
transnationalism?
Work Cited
Sunaina Maira. “Mixed Desires:
SecondGeneration Indian Americans and the Politics of Youth
Culture.” 2005. Displacements
and Diasporas. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
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Young Indian DJ at desi scene making fusion music
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