In 1922, fed up of his family squabbles, K Krishna Rao, left his home in Udupi, Southern Karnataka and moved to Chennai to work as an attendant at a restaurant. He eventually moved up and gave rise to a whole subculture of Indian food - Udupi restaurants. This week, Utsav talks about a success story of internal migration, but one that is laced with a discriminatory remanent of the past.

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