Nish Kumar
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Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
Yeah, only one name.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
Straight up Nishant.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
My family's from Kerala, but... Which bit?
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
Well, they're from Palgat and Kannanur.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
So two different places my mum and dad are from.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
And they... But the name is quite a North Indian name.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
So Malayalam... Kerala has... The sort of dominant language in Kerala is Malayalam.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
And that language actually derives from Tamil.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
So India has two root languages, Sanskrit and Tamil.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
Sanskrit really has not much to do with Tamil.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
I think they just heard the name and liked it.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
My brother's name's Nathan.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
So my brother has a Jewish name.
Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware
Nish Kumar
My dad just really liked a writer whose name was Nathan.