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Father’s faith, mother’s tongue: Who are the Melaka Chettis — the Malay-speaking Hindus with a distinct Malaysian culinary heritage

By Dhesegaan Bala Krishnan

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — When Nirmala Devi Padiachee left her hometown Melaka to pursue higher studies in Kua...