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This is the exciting autobiography of RAVINDRAN RAGHAVAN from Subang Jaya, Malaysia.

My genetic heritage was to have come from the coasts of Malabar, Kerala through my grandparents. They were my only links to Kerala. In the following generations, we have lost the essential links to our homeland and also to our living relatives there.

Today my home is Malaysia and my country has contributed a lot in what I have become. The opportunities given to me as a student brought me high up my career ladder. The support by the Malaysian government by way of affordable education and scholarship support has undoubtedly improved the status of my family.

As a citizen of this country I have the pride to say it is a beautiful country. We were given the option to stay on after the British conveniently left us here! Yes, most of the Indians in Malaysia are here due to the British-led migration during the 1800s. In the years after that we amalgamated into the lifestyle here and became part of the country.

At one time citizenship forms were showered onto plantation homes from helicopters to enable workers (mostly Indians) to apply for citizenship. My grandparents became citizens and so did my parents. We (my generation) who were born after independence of Malaya in 1957 were given automatic citizenship.

The Federation of Malaya was renamed Malaysia in 1963 and as the nation grew from a agriculture nation to an industrialised nation so did many Indians in this country progress with the country's growth. The stronghold of our participation in the country's economy has been through education ... by getting educated guaranteed an escape out of the plantations into the urban arena.

Even after "travelling" so far into the 3rd generation after the first arrival of my grandparents here, the one bugging question at the corner of my mind is ... where did my grandparents come from? ... and who are my unknown living relatives who may still be there?

Where am I today? ... and how did I get here?

My grandparents crossed the Indian Ocean to get here in the hope that the new frontier, then British Malaya, was a greener land with promises of gold. They never found the glory they expected and died here without ever seeing their home or siblings again!

Today I am proud to be Malaysian. And I know my grandparents sacrificed their heritage and home for what I have today ... Read on

The History we charted ...                               

What came with them from India is not what we have here today. Our traditions, meals and way of life has gone through the natural "evolution" to reach where they are today. I am now searching for my roots with the hope that one day I would find some traces of my grandparents steps in India. While civilisations come and go along centuries, our roots have disappeared within 3 generations!

Are you one of our long lost relatives?

Come in and explore our stories of despair, challenge and triumph. Contact us if you are keen to be friends with us. Update us if you are a family member belonging to this same "clan".

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