Stories of migration within Tamilakam are encountered each day in KL and the wider Nusantara as today the only person who speaks fluent Hindi in a Hindu Tamizh Saapadu space, lived in Dharavi in Mumbai for a decade and is from Tirunelveli which is a region known for outward migration to Mumbai, especially Dharavi, Matunga and Bhandup areas. Mr. Murthy, now works in a Thambi eatery in KL which could well be a spatial extension of Ramashreya in Matunga or Prata Planet next to Clementi MRT.
Tamizh Food Scapes.
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