In a world that pigeonholes people into every possible category, it is comforting to know that there are others like myself who cannot fully classify themselves as part of one culture or another. For myself, I know it is impossible to completely describe me as "American" due to my focus on desi culture and language, but at the same time, I cannot completely describe myself as strictly "Desi", due to my upbringing and where I have lived all my life. But I am happy that I am not the only one stuck in between Western and Desi culture. The above documentary, "I'm British But..." by Gurinder Chadha, is an excellent depiction of British desis around 1989 describing their perspectives on their lives and identities as British-brought-up South Asians. The film and the music, of both worlds, casts a light on the dual natures of the interviewees, showing how they are, as Vindu Goel in Vijay Prashad's book The Karma of Brown Folk put it, "in the end, [after much soul searching] you realize...you are simply yourself, an amalgam of cultural contradictions."
About the music: If anybody knows where I can find a copy of DCS's song "Rule Britannia/Bhangra Lovers", please inform me. I have not been able to find anything of it on the Internet.
