Not 100% sure but Lalita/Jiah I recall said she was of Sri Lankan origin.
Apologies my sweety if im wrong

@Mojompower I was born in Kerala. My father is a Keralite and my mother Punjabi.

My paternal family are based in Travancore, Cochin, Ooty and Pondicherry

My maternal family are Punjabi and Sindhi from Pakistan. They migrated to Hyderabad in South India.

Both my parents studied in Madras and lived in Ooty after they married. My paternal grandmother was Tamil. She was a trained classical carnatic singer and my grandfather was a violinist. They taught me Sanskrit, Malayalam, Tamil, Telegu, Kannada songs. Beautiful songs composed by great South Indian composers.

I grew to love the Tamil language, one of the most sweetest and beautiful classical languages. For me on par with Italian.

One of my favourite Tamil compositions is "Kurai Ondrum Illai" which means "No regrets have I".
This Tamil composition is so heartfelt listening to the words always moves me to heart wrenching tears.

"Kurai Ondrum Illai"

No regrets have I, My Lord, None.

Lord of the Written Word, My Light, My Sight, My very eyes,
No regrets,
None.

Though you stand,
Where I behold you not,
My light, my very eyes.
Protector of all earthlings, I know you sustain me.

You meet my hunger, my thirst, my hope, my prayer. You keep me from harm. I need naught else, naught else.

You stand - do you not?
Veiled by a screen
Only the learned can path
For they are the learned
Which I am not.
But no regrets, no regrets have I.

In this benighted Age of ours Lord,
The worst of all Four
You have entered
The Sanctum
A shaft of Granite
Where through I see you not. No regrets have I.

Boulder of strength
With the ocean heaving on your breast, of the purest compassion.

My Mother, my very own, who grants anything I ask of her. Can I possibly have regrets?
The two of you, I know stand there for me eternally.

No regrets have I my Lord
None, none whatsoever."

A translation of Tamil song "Kurai Onrum Illai" composed by the Tamil Freedom Fighter and Governor General of India Chakravarti Ragagopalachari. Song was sung in 1969 by MS Subbulakshmi at the United Nations.