Official acronyms for the Indian expatriate community

• NRI : Non Resident Indian

• PIO : Person of Indian Origin

• OCI : Overseas Citizen of India

• PBD : Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

    Acronyms in a lighter rein

• ABCD : American Born Confused Desi

Second generation Indian born in America

• ABCDEFGHIJ : American Born Confused Desi Emigrated From Gujarat, House In Jersey

Second generation Indian born in America with some more unique characeristics

• DBCA : Desi Born Confused American

Inverse of ABCD, born in India but emigrated to America

• FOB : Fresh Off Board

Newly arrived in America

• PIGS : Poor Indian Graduate Student

Indian graduate student struggling to make ends meet with a nominal assistantahip, and a bank loan

• RNRI : Returned Non Resident Indian

An NRI who has moved to his home country

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