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My Biological mother - Kerala; my foster mother - Andhra

I came back to Hyderabad today from Kerala with lots of banana chips and black halwa, eager to tell all about Kerala, little did I realise was that I didnt know whether to say I went home (naade) or I went for a vacation. And therefore the origin of this post. I have had 2 main weaknesses in life, sports and language. The former I had sporadic trysts with and the latter I indulge in when the situation demands it from me. I speak English fluently and I would be an above average in India and may be satisfactory in countries where English is the most widely spoken language. I have always been cautious with Hindi and my Telugu would be a 3 on ten, but I can get across the message and understand it very well. Malyalam has always been troublesome for me. I come from a mixed background being 75% malyalee and 25% goan-portuguese. But we decided we wanted to be Malyalees because it is what we could identify with. For the record, I am a loyal Malyalee (if there is something like that), always s