ibcd

you desis would have heard about abcd 'american born confused desis'.. i think there is also 'ibcd' indian born confused desi.. i am an ibcd. i'll tell u why. born and raised in Tamilnadu, speak v. good tamil and not so much malayalam, though my mother tongue is mal. i could never fit in with hard core mallus.. never understood their filmi jokes (atleast not first attempt), never understood their gaana songs (thanana thandhana. thanana. etc good stuff i hear, too bad i dont get it).
the only mallus i could converse easily were half ass mallus like me.. and pallakkad mallus spoke slow mal.

only time i feel iam mallu, is with cooked food. i love those shredded cocunut in almost everything..

iam sure there are many ibcds out there. things get worse if u are southie and raised in north india or vice versa.. big diff in culture. i will open another thread on culture diff some day..

if you are an ibcd, send me an email about ur experiences. there were times some hard core mallus almost gave me the finger for not knowing to speak fluent malayalam. its silly. i mean mother tongue doesnt stand a chance when u lived for 25+ years in a state where everyone speaks diff language.

this is my first thread in a blog..my mind is racing with 10 million topics to write.. iam like slow down fella...i wanna compose my thoughts, organize it and make it enjoyable.. but then again iam a biiiiig procrastinator. .hope this aint my first and last post.