Dictionary of English - Indian
Indian
Many people from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka dislike being referred to as Indian. (The correct adjectives are Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan. Paki is offensive, even if the person is from Pakistan.) Asian is acceptable but vague; from the Indian subcontinent longer but more accurate.
Some of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, particularly North America, would rather be called Native American, although American Indian is usually acceptable: Indian by itself is ambiguous, Red Indian is offensive. The indigenous peoples of the extreme north of Canada, commonly called Eskimoes although they prefer the term Inuit, are often included in the term Native American: many of them object.
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