Nish Kumar
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I think his name's... I think it's supposed to be pronounced Natan, but I think it's Natan Shirof, maybe?
He was just a writer my dad really liked.
And so my brother has this, like... One of my friends once said to me...
Why do you have an Indian name and why does your brother have a normal name?
Normal, obviously not ideal.
But yeah, my dad just liked that name.
So we've all got names that don't directly relate to.
And also my surname shouldn't be, Kumar is a very, very traditional North Indian name.
Shouldn't be that at all.
My dad just sort of free wheeled it on an immigration form.
I think he's been in the country too long for there to be a problem.
It's just mild name fraud.
Yeah, I was born here.
So my dad came here when he was 30, but my mum, they met here.
My mum and dad met here, even though they're both from Kerala.