pardesi,”””from beyond the country””, foreigner (including someone from a distant town or village). These days frequently applied to Indians who have gone “”abroad”” to live (see for example film “”Pardes””, or song during titles in DDLJ: “”ghar aa jaa pardesi, tera des bulaye re”” “”Come home pardesi, your country is calling””, or the song “”Pardesi”” in the recent film “”Dev.D””)> IN OUR CLASS: pardesi refers to students who consider themselves to be of INdian acestry
but don’t understand much Hindi”