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Identity Crisis - 6 minute read

  Disclaimer: The post contains explicit content. Readers' discretion advised. If you are an Indian living outside your country, there are times when a random Indian would try to start a conversation with this particular icebreaker -" So... Indian haan? Where in India? " What do you respond?  If a person asking you this question is a Tamilian, and if you have the noble unadulterated Tamilian blood, flowing in your racist veins, hailing from Chennai, you would naturally say " Nāṉ ceṉṉaiyil iruntu irukkiṟēṉ! " Congratulations! You have found yourself a new best friend in the foreign land. Your  macha  might even offer you a free lunch of lamb curry and maybe invite you for the new Surya movie playing in theatres. This is an undisputed fact that we Indians judge each other as soon as we spot each other walking on streets. What is the lens that we use to judge? Language and regional origin. Forget your  achievements, your benevolence, your personality or any amount