r/TamilNadu • u/marmamanithan • 2d ago

கலாச்சாரம் / Culture Tamils living abroad: what’s one thing you miss most from home?

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u/goodbyetogepi 2d ago

mutta pups!!!!!

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u/prophecy37 2d ago

Puffs is a word. Pups is an emotion.

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u/deeps4chill 2d ago

We make mutta puffs at home, you will be surprised to see how easy it is to make, just get a good brand’s puff pastry sheet.

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u/RulersOfGod 1d ago

I am damn sure every NRI makes that at home too once in a while but getting muttai puffs and muttai bonda in any bakery and tea stall is a gift.

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u/earlywormgetseaten 2d ago

This hit me harder than its supposed to. take my upvote

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u/marmamanithan 2d ago

Thts luvvv!!!!

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u/DarkJunior9761 2d ago

Snacks! that 4pm hunger hits too badly. That peanuts, murukku, chips, sundal, chaat, bonda baaji is too good to miss.

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u/marmamanithan 2d ago

Tea and bajji

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u/DarkJunior9761 2d ago

Yes yes filter coffee for me

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u/petromax-light 2d ago

Disappointed that no one misses the toilet jet spray 🤧

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u/DarkJunior9761 2d ago

Ha ha got mobile bidets now

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u/Parottachipsu 2d ago

That’s everywhere bro. Europeans who live in UAE miss it when they go to their countries

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u/sneekeeei 2d ago

You can buy a mug and a bucket

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u/Constant-Option-7815 1d ago

Try portable jet spray from Amazon.

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u/prophecy37 2d ago

Parotta from Madurai.

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u/marmamanithan 2d ago

Porattaaaaaaah is luv

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u/Agile_Commission1099 1d ago

I am eating parotta with chicken pepper curry while reading this 😋 😜

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u/prophecy37 1d ago

Enakku sethu sapdu thala

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u/NigraDolens 2d ago

Definitely Tamil and Murugan Kovil

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u/goundamaniiii 2d ago

Home

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u/marmamanithan 2d ago

Home is home♥️

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u/meenamma6829 2d ago

The Tea, Having a tea shop to go to every 5 mins

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u/ronnie1392 2d ago

People and the freshness of food, everything aboard has been in a freezer at some point before eating .

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u/marmamanithan 2d ago

Meal prep for a week😓

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u/raavaanan 2d ago

Protta, saalna, kalakki alias valiyal… Cricket (though I stopped watching for more than 12 years now) Friends+weekend Koil thiruvizha And relatives and their gossips

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u/marmamanithan 2d ago

Where you live?

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u/panda_boy_48 2d ago

Nothing

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u/Hikigaya96 1d ago

As someone who moved away at a young age, there’s not much that I miss but sometimes I wonder what life would’ve been like if I stayed

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u/GroundbreakingRip182 2d ago

Healthcare. Access to doctors and medicines in an instant. Obviously via private but it was affordable.

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u/AntBetter5770 2d ago

Tea kada 🥲

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u/The-Curious-Scholar 2d ago

Sambar vada, Mangoes, vadacurry, and Karuvepilai

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u/learnwithparam 2d ago

Family, friends and fruits

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u/BlissfullyGood 2d ago

உற்றார் உறவினர்

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u/potential-plan 2d ago

That’s one thing I definitely don’t miss

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u/Attitude_Alone Chennai - சென்னை 2d ago

My Instagram reels is still in tamilnadu and shows me all the parotta and chicken salna reels.. makes me go sad sometimes

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u/marmamanithan 2d ago

Enakum …

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u/umamimaami 2d ago

Water being free in restaurants

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u/marmamanithan 2d ago

Where you live?

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u/Desperate-Card-9730 1d ago

தமிழ் பேசும் சக-தமிழன்

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u/Remarkable_Squash517 23h ago

I live in Dubai, so no food aspect is missed. I miss many other things but the biggest of all is not dressing up for functions. I’m beyond the point of wanting to meet my relatives at functions as it has started to kickstart anxiety in me. The real ones bond with me or even take the pains to visit me from other cities when i’m home. But, I don’t really have the chance to dress up and attend functions at all.. School holidays here fall in Aadi Tamil month and oruthanum function vakka mattan 😂 sad lyp 🥲 I think it is more than 2 years since I attended a wedding/other function🫩

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u/marmamanithan 22h ago

😞😞puriyuthu bro

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u/raghu2307 2d ago

MK Stalin as CM.

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u/getwinsoftware 2d ago

No one is talking about pressure or its same everywhere

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u/marmamanithan 2d ago

Pressure of?

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u/getwinsoftware 2d ago

Day to day life... Say rash driving, traffic public sence like that

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u/mmg-One3243 2d ago

Voting

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u/marmamanithan 2d ago

Vote poda varalame

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u/mmg-One3243 1d ago

ila bro. Nanga try panom. Ana war nala flights unavailable

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u/marmamanithan 1d ago

Stuck in gulf?

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u/Hour-Cauliflower-1 2d ago

That Chennai veyil and humidity.. and having a tea for 5 rubees at corner shop after removing your helmet .... With bajji ...

That heat can take a walk. We love our tea

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u/Either-Bison-6971 2d ago

Parotta (Floridan)

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u/lucifer_0922 1d ago

Food and people.

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u/Constant-Option-7815 1d ago

Onnu illa 1000 sollalam. Adil silla Bakery snacks. Kari kaddai. Fresh veggies. Auto. Night food delivery. Moderate cost of living. Beauty parlor. Family time. Everything 

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u/goodgodkalp 1d ago

Tamil women (respectfully)

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u/iamkickass2 1d ago

Speaking Tamil to everyone. It is strangely relaxing to speak in Tamil to anyone you meet.

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u/TacticalObserver 5h ago

The life. ❤️💔

It will never be the same when we go back

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u/dineshalagu மதிப்பீட்டாளர் 2d ago

Climate.

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u/Voltabz 2d ago

Indians abroad: “Oh, I miss my beautiful home. I am suffering here.”

Trump: “Get out you slaves, always coming here to lick boots of whites”

Indians abroad: “We beg you. Let us stay. We indians are persecuted in our home country”

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u/Intelligent-Beach-77 2d ago

Take your meds