Kerala – Zimbly!

Kerala is supposedly God’s own country. Tourists line up to visit the state to enjoy the sea, backwaters, nature, and the greenery. And it has close to 100 % literacy, a balanced sex ratio, things that many states are still just trying to achieve.
But when it comes to the people of the state, they are possibly the most joked about people in the whole of India. Forget Santa Singh, the Bihari Babu or the Tamil anna. The Malayali accent, the Malayali dressing, everything is the new joke nowadays. Just watch Lola Kutty on Channel [V]! This evening, I saw another VJ doing what he thought was an imitation of the Malayali way of speech. Is poking fun of people of some state entertainment?
My ma’am in school used to say that accents are a kind of gravitational pull of the place where you live. So, if in Kerala Prakash becomes Pregash, in the North, Prakash becomes Parkash!! Then why single out the poor Keralites?
While chatting, I always notice people ask me incredulously – You know hindi?! You watch hindi films?! Some ask, how much oil do you put in your hair [;-O]? Just shows the ignorance that people from other parts of the state have about Keralites! Kerala is just another state in India, with its own customs and ways, like all other states. Isolating its people for the very same reason is just not done!
So try to remove preconceived notions from your minds. Lola Kuttys should not make you think that Keralites are just a bunch people who look and talk funny!