origination in the term 'desi'- a colloquial descriptive of a person from
india, the desh, the motherland,
desication/desification refers to the progressive acquisition of indian cultural traits by
non-indians and especially
white people.
this indianising of an individual or a culture is exemplified when a person becomes adept at eating with their hands (and intensifies when they can eat
rice with their hands), when their spice tolerance levels reach impressive levels (impressive even to desis), when they know and can recount the names of various dishes and the different
spice combinations in each and finally concretises when a movie scene with dancing in the rain invokes the use of the fast forward
button.
"joans desication/desification is almost complete. she knows how to eat
rice with her hands and she can eat spicy food now"