If they specified Indian, they mean that he came from India, which probably means he is Hindu. I believe he is a foreign exchange student.
When Britons talk of "Asians", they mean people from the Indian subcontinent. There are about equal numbers of ex-Pakistanis and ex-Indians in the UK, so they use Asian to mean either of them.
33 posted on 12/29/2011 7:56:28 AM PST by Vanders9
36 posted on 12/29/2011 8:03:20 AM PST by null and void
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