A mother tongue reclaimed
<p><strong>Kavita Pillay:</strong> Well, I guess the short answer is yes. But the long answer is that early in my life I was very exposed to Malayalam which is the language of the south Indian state of Kerala where my family is from. Actually when I was born — we were living in the US– one of my mom’s sisters came and lived with us for six months, and took care of me. She speaks only Malayalam so while my mom had to go back to work– both my parents had to work– she was immersing me in a Malayalam environment, basically a Malayalam-only environment for my waking hours, I suppose.</p>
<p><strong>Patrick Cox:</strong> So did she teach you words in Malayalam?</p>
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