Talk about stereotyping a TamBrahm !! Phew…

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The World is not new to stereotypes and India is no exception.

She's Tamil Nadu's Cyrus Broacha. Uma Maheswari, 26, has anchored Sun TV's longest running show Pepsi Ungal Choice, since its launch in 1994. It's just completed 325 episodes. Suresh Chakravarthy, an actor, former television host, and entrepreneur, known for directing the reality show Pepsi Ungal Choice. Aajeedh Khalique, a playback singer, known for winning the reality show Super Singer Junior 3. Wildcard entrants. Early 2000's is the golden period for Tamil television, where shows had more sensible concepts, without indulging in the maddened rat race of content generation that we see today. Millennial pop culture nerds, particularly the ones who were born at the time between late eighties and 1999 must consider themselves fortunate for having witnessed these gems. The following slide show is a.

There are the classic stereotypes like Chinese eat dogs, Filipinos eat cats, Koreans eat Cockroaches, and then, there are these localised versions like TamBrahms eat thayir sadham (Curd Rice).

The stereotype war has penetrated from “Being Indian” and into the deep confines of our very own region.

Not many know/ believe in regional stereotypes. I assure you, even if its not there in your region, it certainly IS prevalent in Tamil Nadu.

Though I do not encourage it, I do tend to go by some regional stereotype..why? caus its good fun.

Let me give you a few examples: Tirunelvelli girls are great cooks but thrifty, Tanjore people are brainy, Kumbakonam too clever for their own good, Salem – saadu (read: too lazy to act) and ofcourse, Chennai – Mariyatha illa (Read: people who relocate to chennai earn much and become arrogant) !!

Lately, this habit of stereotying has even extended into the community of TamBrahms. It is so hard these day to see a TamBrahm household where these stereotypes cant be found.

I can illustrate this with an example too: A Tam Brahm marriage is the place where the jogging maamis from Panagal Park meet the Walking mamas of Nageshwara Park, to discuss the most important issue, “Who is getting married next”!

In a tam brahm wedding, very few people are actually interested in the wedding. The only thing that interests them is ‘who is going to get married next.’

If you are single and in your twenties, you are doomed. Inevitably, you will find these maamis , who act as scouts and whose lifetime goals consist in finding out the following:

a) Your age?

b) Your job and Pay?

c) When do you plan to get married? (rhetorical question; They will find you a mate, but create a ruckus if it fails. They will take all the credit it it works. Either case you are doomed, only in the latter case yu wont hear the end of it.)

d) Are you going to the USA? If not, why? or What are you doing in India?…Why aren’t you in the US already?

(If you are a TamBrahm, then you are exected to study and work in the You yes of yay. Unless you have an “acceptable” and “well thought of” reply, you are consider the brainless person in the family.)

(FYI: When we say “work in the U.S. of A, we mean exactly that..Entrepreneurship/ running your own business is not considered working..It is a tabo..Dont believe, ask any TamBrahm you know)

e) Are you traditional? (Read: Religoius person who follows all the TamBrahm practices ! Dude, this is a trick question; If you ever come across this question, your only option is to run…Why? caus your answer does not matter !

If you say Yes, yu will be “rewarded” with a Traditional guy/ Girl. If you say No, well even then the result is the same. Remaning silent is not an option and is the most dangerous risk that you can ever take. They will set you up wit the daughter/ son of a temple priest, and you will have to give up your Auditor job that pays $100,000 to become a priest !

What’s the worse thing that can happen, you ask…Well, there is always this chance that you could figure on a matrimonial ad and you will always be decent looking and fair-in-colour on it !!! )

These stereotypes start with a hint of Casteism. You must know your caste and sub-castes ! You must also know the difference between all the castes and sub-castes. You can start off with knowing the difference between an iyer and an iyengar. Then you have to learn about what makes each sub-caste unique.

If you don’t want all this trouble then tell your folks you are marrying a Jewish-American, and that the marriage is in Ivory Coast ! (There are a few places, like Africa, where TamBrahms wont go; you can find us everywhere else! )

For your information: There are two broad categories of TamBrams – the Vishnu followers or Iyengars, and the Shiva worshippers or Iyers.

Somewhere along the way the Iyengars frequented Tirupati, and proclaimed that Vishnu is all pervading. (Looks like some Iyers did not protest loudly enough against this…hence the saying, “The Iyer and Iyer you go the Iyengar you become.” )

So, do you, still want to know if you are a tamBrahm? Well, here’s a list of things that will establish your identity as one of us.

Is Tanglish the language of your house? (Read: Tanglish is our proud reference to the mixture of Tamil and English)

You meet fellow iyers or iyengars, only to find that you’re related to them through your cousin’s father-in-law’s brother’s nephew? (We are a extremely huge family, every wedding will have atleast 600 guests..minimum)

is your dad’s first name your last name? and do you have an Americanized version of your name? (Shyam becomes Sam, Nikhil becomes Nick, and Vigneshwaran becomes Vicki)

Do you have an shortened version of your first name, which is totally unrelated ? (Krishnaswamy becomes Kichamy, Saraswati becomes Sachu and Parvati becomes Pattu)

Is thayir saatham with narthanga urga (Curd rice with ciitron pickle ) a part of..scratch that..is it you staple diet?

Does your mom scream “etcchal pannathae” at you every other minute? (Read: This commonly happens whenever you bite your nails, lick your finger after eating or drink from glass. The glass is not supposed to touch your lips. If it does…Well, I dont wanna discuss potential doomsday scenarios…it is enough to say that only the all pervading lord can save you)

Do you go to family reunions wearing pants, only to find out that people are offended because you have not draped yourself in a veshtis (dhotis).

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Is “Kousalya Supraja…..” on your family’s regular playlist, and does it wake you up better than ANY other alarm clock? (or makes you soo addicted to it, that you cant sleep in the morning without it)

Are your parents’ idols Sivaji and MGR? (Read: RanjiKanth and Kamal Hassan are heros of this generation)

Everytime you meet another Iyer/iyengar of the opposite sex, are your parents thinking “what a cultured boy/girl…marriage potential, should i talk to his/ her parents about it before my son/ daughter, god forbid, falls in love, that too with a Non-brahmin (omg..abhacharaam abhacharaam ! Nowadays, even Christians and Jains are fine, but a TamBrahm is strictly forbidden from marrying a hindu Non-brahmin! What willl agraharam (read: pretentious TamBrahms who live in the confines of a 800 sq. ft house located in and around the 4 roads adjoining a temple) think?)?”

Does your last name exceed the spaces allotted for standardized tests?

Does your family attach the words “di” or “da” to the end of every sentence for the added emphasis?

Do you know your gothram offhand?

Did you learn to sing or play Carnatic music or bharthanatyam before you were 5? or were forced to and given strict instructions that English Music is forbidden because it is crap (read: anything that is not carnatic Music is Crap)

Does your family rant and rave about aviyal, Upma, Kanchipuram Idly and Idly upma?

Did your parents emphasize the importance of “Maths” every time you did your homework? (you are forgiven if you for low scores anyother subject but if you have low scores in math, then you are branded a ‘mandu’ (colloqial tam-brahm Tamil: read: stupid. It is very offensive to us, so we constantly work on improving our numerical skills)

Does your name have some deep-seated religious connotation?

Have you “phoned” Uma on Pepsi Ungal Choice, and called her Pepsi Uma?

Does your entire family have a crush on Uma from Pepsi Ungal Choice?

Do you drink horlicks out of a tumbler (glass) ?

Do you HAVE to “apply” thengaai yennai (read: coconut oil) to your hair on “velli kazhamais (read: fridays) ?”

Do you sit with your family to watch Super Vivek/ Vadivel Comedies?

If even one of the above applies to you (or someone you know), then you are indeed one of us.

As Hutch (Read: thumbal/ sneeze in Colloqial tamBrahm Tamil) says “Where you go, our network follows !” 😛 😀

Some Lesser Known Facts About Suresh Chakravarthy

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• Does Suresh Chakravarthy smoke?: Yes

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• Suresh Chakravarthy is an Indian actor, anchor, writer, director, and chef.

• When Suresh Chakravarthy was too young, his parents passed away.

  Suresh Chakravarthy’s Old Picture With His Wife and Son

• He has acted in many South Indian films and TV serials.

• He has directed the Sun TV show ‘Pepsi Ungal Choice’ in 1994.

• He acted in the Tamil TV serial ‘Thari’ in 2019. He has also appeared as a host in various TV game shows.

  Suresh Chakravarthy’s Old Picture

• He is a well known chef and owns ‘The Madras Banyan Tree’ a restaurant in Australia with eight more outlets of it.

• During the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, he was all alone in India and his family was in Australia. As per some sources, to keep himself busy, he started his YouTube channel ‘Chak’s Kitchen’ on 1 June 2020. He has uploaded various cooking videos on his channel.

• In 2020, he participated in the TV reality show ‘Bigg Boss Tamil 4,’ hosted by the famous Indian actor Kamal Haasan.

• In an interview, the Indian actress Sripriya said,

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I knew Suresh when he was a little boy. He was studying at a school near my house. He was a very good man. His parents died at a young age. My sister was very close to him, I can say he was like a mother. He has worked hard. He is very talented. He has also been the captain of the school where he studied. He will study well. “

• The popular Indian actress Ramya Krishnan is a good friend of him.

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