Talk:Desi Jews

Introduction
I began this article, but I am not an expert in this field. Especially, I don't know the degree of self-identification as Desi Jews for those who emigrated out of the Subcontinent, in the way other Desi emigre communities do.

I think the article could be expanded with references to the cultural specificities common to the Desi Jews and with a broader view of their history. Now the latter is segmented in articles by country (for example Bene Israel live both in India and Pakistan, or Baghdadi Jews are in most South Asian countries). Desiphral 00:29, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Indian Jews don't comprise all the Desi Jews
Regarding the proposal of merging this article with Indian Jews, as I wrote earlier, Indian Jews are only a part of the Desi Jews. The Desi Jews themselves are a distinct cultural group, with branches living in more than one South Asian country: for example Bene Israel live both in India and Pakistan, or Baghdadi Jews are in most Subcontinental countries. Also, the term itself is used, because of the cultural distinction between Desi and Paradesi Jews.

Many of the facts from the article Indian Jews seem to concern all the Desi Jews and a merging of the two articles (also with the Pakistani Jews) would be more realistic. Desiphral 16:58, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

From an encyclopaedic perspective...
From an encyclopaedic perspective, we need the categories category:Indian Jews (or category:Jews of India) and category:Pakistani Jews (or category:Jews of Pakistan). Grouping the Cochini Jews (with their sub-groups), the Bene Israel, the Bene Menashe and possibly also the Bene Ephraim together is interesting from an Indian perspective and from a Pakistani perspective. I am not so sure that applying the very recent construct of Desi Jews is helpful, given that this term is virtually unknown outside Wikipedia. This despite the fact that the various groups of Jews in India (some of which have smaller sub-populations in Pakistan) are extensively treated in the literature and on the Internet. If anyone can DOCUMENT (quotation & citation) that the term Desi Jews is actually used in the literature, then we can discuss the use of the term here. If not, I believe we are dealing with an original research issue. -- Olve 21:16, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I think this should definitely be merged with one of the other pages if the content is really encyclopedic. Arniep 21:56, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

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Deletion
The information first of all relies on one source and second most of the information in the article has already been covered in Indian Jews, Bene Israel, Jews in Afghanistan, Jews in Pakistan, Jews in Nepal, and Jews in Bangladesh. There is no reason for the article and the article should be nominated for deletion. Muhafiz-e-Pakistan (talk) 21:48, 13 September 2022 (UTC)