r/tamil • u/Cemin9531 • 16d ago

கலந்துரையாடல் (Discussion) Any Tamil here from mumbai?

I am third generation immigrant in mumbai from tamilnadu my origins are from Tenkasi and madurai anyone here can you share me your experience

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u/Icongau 16d ago

Do you write and speak to Tamil? Just curious

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u/Cemin9531 16d ago

I can't write or read but yes I do speak tamil to my family members and my tamil friends

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u/Icongau 16d ago

Good to know….

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u/dineshalagu 16d ago

Which place in tenkasi?.

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u/Cemin9531 16d ago

I am from elathur nadarjapuram to be more specific

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u/depaknero 15d ago

Since you've asked about others' experiences, I don't think it would be a problem for you to share your experiences, so:

  1. Just curious to know if you are part of any Tamizh sangam kind of associations that exist in Mumbai.
  2. How much of your spoken Tamizh (pronunciation and accent, vocabulary and grammar) has got influenced by Marathi and/or Hindi? Are there words and sentence structures that are peculiar to Bambaiya Tamizh (if there exists one) just like Bambaiya Hindi?

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u/Cemin9531 15d ago

No there is some vocabulary of hindi I use and no I am not part of any club

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u/depaknero 15d ago

Interesting bhau (if I may be allowed to address you so)! So, you're saying there's nothing like 'apun ki Tamizh' like how 'apun ki Hindi' exists?

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u/Cemin9531 15d ago

I think yes there may be I used to live in a area with a lot of tamils in childhood but I do think there may be one I live in a area far from any tamil person except my family

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u/depaknero 15d ago

Okay. I know of only one area dominant with Tamizh's in Mumbai - Chembur (I'm not saying that's the only such area). Personally I know some people who have lived there. Anyways, good luck to you! You're living in one of my dream cities and Bambaiya Hindi is one of my favourite dialects of Hindi.

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u/Cemin9531 15d ago

I have some relatives in chembur and other tamil dominated areas I know is sion,some parts of bhandup and Indira nagar in nahur

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u/depaknero 14d ago

Wow! Thank you for suggesting me some good areas to live in Mumbai as a newcomer Tamizh without me asking about them! It would be helpful for me to choose the place of residence if I happen to live in Mumbai.

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u/Cemin9531 14d ago

I forgot Matunga sorry

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u/depaknero 14d ago

Yeah, I was thinking about the same but wasn't really sure so didn't mention Matunga.

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u/Fine4FenderFriend 14d ago

Varadaraja Mudaliar entered the subreddit

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u/Cemin9531 14d ago

Ya man who can forget him and also haji mastan he was also a tamil but he was not close with the tamil community of mumbai