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Tambrahm Talkies

Hi, guys! In this post, I'm going to talk about tambrahms (Tamil + brahmins) because it is the occasion of Avani avittam and Gayathri Japam. To all the people who don't know about this alien topic, this is a special day for all the Brahmin boys and their only festival because all the other festivities are handled by 🎶all the single ladies and the married ladies🎶😛. So today's post is going to be about the characteristic features of the Tambaram species. This post is not meant to be racist or anything but just to clarify and make things less awkward for everyone and also because we are funny apparently😛

1. Looks
Growing up (which still I am😁) I have been asked a question which I am pretty much sure every tambrahm has been asked. Whenever I meet new people and we kinda start to develop a friendship the immediate question they go for is, "Are you a Brahmin? for which I'll reply "yes" and immediately the other person says "I knew it! I can tell it by seeing your face".
See, I get confused because according to me, there is nothing on my face that points out that I am a Brahmin. Going to a convent school I look anything but a brahmin, I keep a very small black Bindi and wear no ornaments whatsoever and still, I get the same question. To all the people who have asked me this question "what do your eyes see that I don't?" please leave your comments below↓↓

2. Food
It is a very well known fact that thayir saadham or curd rice is the only thing that people imagine a tambrahm to eat almost every meal everyday. Let me tell you something, we have a feast almost daily. In a Tambaram kitchen, the following things make a  frequent appearance than thayir saadham. Everyday there is either kootu/ keerai/ masiyal/ thogaiyal/ pachadi in the menu along with various varieties of appalam, vathal and vadam. Thayir Sadam is not a main course for us, it is more like a dessert in the end.
We call some food items differently like sathimadhu for rasam, aracha kalari for paruppu usili, akkaravadisal / thirukanamadhu for payasam etc etc. Our food are similar to Jain foods without onion and garlic and whenever we try something new, the appearance speaks to us the first. For example, if we try paneer kebab for the first time the first thing that comes to our mind is "athu paaka ennamo (non-veg) mari iruku". Although there are some tambrahms who eat egg and chicken, it is totally their choice and I have nothing to comment about them.
3. Singing 
People usually believe that we are natural born carnatic singers with advanced knowledge of ragas, sthuthis and keethanais but most of us ( esp born during 1980+) don't know much about carnatic music.

As for me I know a Shruthi & Keerthana (Names of the people I know) but no raga! Ask me to sing Alaipayude?, all I can sing is "all about that bass" by Meghan trainor! Although, women know few songs and they make sure their daughters know alteast 2-3 songs to sing in Golu ( navratri) or nalangu or at some auspicious gathering. This is something related to their Mami pride and they take it very seriously!😂

4. Education & Career
The caste code hits us hard and not all of us are studious😐. We don't lock ourselves in room and find mathematical formulas or theories and not all of us are expert in maths. Although a bunch of tambrahms can be seen in IT companies, we do tend to migrate to different areas of work. "Maddy Maddy oh oh Maddy" track would never exist if madhavan had plans to keep on getting degrees, the meaning of lungi dance would have remained unknown if it wasn't for aravind SA ( stand up comedian. Hilarious AF!, Honestly). The peppy title track of VIP would not exist if it wasn't for Anirudh.
PS- I am not taking any pride, just stating the facts! I have only one pride #slytherinpride daw!🐍
5. Others
We might have a different accent and tone but we are still Tamil people. We don't call our father  "thoppanar" although they are " thoppa-nar" get it?.Bigfat bellies = Thoppa in Tamil (get it? I spent hours thinking of this pun😛) 
We don't become aunties or uncles we become mamas and mamis. There are divisions within us and subdivisions too but we all share and can relate to the things said above.

With that being said I hope you guys has a good time reading this post. Again this post is not meant to be offensive or racist, it all for fun da ambi! Also I post memes on my facebook Twitter and Instagram page, please follow them!🙏 Links - Facebook Twitter Instagram 
Adios! Goodbye and I'll greet you again on my next post 🏃
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