Comments on: My Uchipattam https://groundviews.org/2016/11/08/my-uchipattam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-uchipattam Journalism for Citizens Tue, 08 Nov 2016 17:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Decko https://groundviews.org/2016/11/08/my-uchipattam/#comment-61050 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 17:17:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=20678#comment-61050 Enjoyed reading it, also I imagined you and grandma together

]]> By: disgustman https://groundviews.org/2016/11/08/my-uchipattam/#comment-61048 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 15:10:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=20678#comment-61048 Many,many are in this plight and the speed of time in their life makes them forget

the past. The last lines are drawing near. See
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXbtqSB2MqE

]]> By: Vinu Mendis https://groundviews.org/2016/11/08/my-uchipattam/#comment-61047 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:12:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=20678#comment-61047 Beautifully expressed, Tashy. I too am from circumstances similar to yours, and as an adult old enough to be YOUR mom, I can say that it’s NEVER too late. I didn’t see the need to relate, as I had a whole set of “Westernized” relatives who were more or less lie me, majority-language educated but with “minority blood” in my veins. I see now that my relatives who fled the country due to various reasons, have preserved their ethnic roots so much better than I have, having lived here all my life.
Yet, as I had the privilege of my paternal grandmom living to a blessed old age, I fished out old photographs from relatives, made those my conversation starters, and bit by bit captured for my children, glimpses of their lost heritage. It’s not a lot, but it’s something. The very fact that you have the maturity to recognize that your reality could have been different had circumstances been otherwise, THAT is the beginning of a journey of self-discovery. I wish you the best:)

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