where are you from?

[smittenbyu]

It's a question that drives me mad. For a long time I just didn't know how to answer it. Now, I just say India. And once again the question bothers me. As locals know places in India, they ask where in India. Well, I technically was born in Hyderabad, well, actually Secunderabad (its twin city). Never lived in either of them, well, my first two years I did but I don't remember any of it. If you ask me of where to eat, etc. any local stuff, I have no idea. Mr. Google will have better responses. I feel more at home in Bangalore. And yet, I can't say I am from there either. But I do.

My daughter however, has no doubts where she is from. Whenever we ask her where she came from, she responds, "I am from India & Bangalore. I came from Ajji's house and then took a plane to Arlington."

(ajji- how she calls her maternal grandmother)

Comments

[dakini-bones.livejournal.com]

lolz when I say New York, people ask me if I know so-and-so...are you KIDDING me?
Out of 9 million people on Manhattan alone, I don't know your friend who lived in Queens when he was 4.
On the other hand, I have actually known some people in common. lolz
6 degrees of separation!

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

True, sometimes it's a small world. It has never worked for me with the "oh, do you know my uncle, he's also from... " thing though.