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My Bonds!

  My Bonds, My Tongue My Passionate Bond, I am often in awe of my passions, one of which I have never expressed explicitly: my love for Tamil, my native language and my adoration for English. Tamil is a link that goes deep inside my nerves, impacting my identity and outlook on the world. My mother tongue is more than a language to me; it is a source of pride and a cultural legacy that I cherish. My parents named me Kanimozhi, an abstract Tamil name with no inclusion of other languages' letters, which means that I shall speak the language fruitfully. (I believe so). I know Tamil, my mother tongue, as well as English, my academic tongue, like a delicate thread that connects two worlds of languages.  Nonetheless, as broad as it is, my soul yearns for the earthy warmth of Tamil, the language in which my first lullabies were sung, my first ideas formed, and my sense of identity established.  Tamil is the language that makes me feel most connected to my roots and ...