[thaumasiotes]

I've always seen "feather" contrasted with "dot", not "bead". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindi_(decoration)

I've gotten the sense from Brown Pundits that among themselves they refer to themselves as Desi. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi )

[protomyth]

Dot works too. I heard beads at some meeting from an Indian from India speaker. I've heard Dot too.