Being Malayali
I always wanted to write of something called the stirring of
blood, the sense of belonging, the over exaggeration and blustering. All about
BEING MALAYALI!
I cannot let go this part of ‘being myself’, the sense of a
typical Malayali and I’m particularly pompous about it, in fact that’s the only
part of me that still exists without any amendment. I can see the vigor in my
eyes and joy in my heart when I meet my people somewhere on my most unexpected
toll road and there’s no crisis in me to launch a conversation and there I go
with the first and foremost question “ naatil evideya? ” and then we’ll find some connection from our
prehistoric ancestry and the joy is colossal for us both!
I cannot let go Dasan
and Vijayan ,Oru piece vellathil poyatha, Still Photographer Nishchal,
Kilometers and Kilometers, Kochinte peru Maala…Maala,Ma..ma..ma allenkil venda
mattangathalaya, Etramanoharamaya acharangal ; the dialogues that pops into
many discussions, anything and everything that made me laugh that I lost breath
and end up crying with joy. I still remember the days we waited anxiously for ‘ Chitrageetham’ and that Sunday evening
movies.
‘ Aaarkum enthum
parayam pakshe polandine kurich aarum oraksharam parayaruth’, that’s the
true Malayali sipping a glass of kallu worrying about Cuba and Poland
and having tattukada conference over
tea and dosa. We can blow your horns when it comes to our hundred percent
literacy and Kerala model development. Oh yeah Gulf means our second home and
Sharjah shake is our official favorite drink, what’s your problem? Don’t judge
us with our cult; we’ll never ever pardon you! Yes, we come from the land of
coconuts and we love coconut, actually a lot but that doesn’t mean that we use
coconut in each and all and if you hate it then don’t vacation in
Kerala. If you want to enjoy the true taste of Kerala then keep aside your ego and walk
into our Tattukada, you avoid it thinking its unhealthy then I call you
stupid.
A bowl of chammanti ,rice, pulisheri and fish curry with mango
can make us lose our self control, we eat majestically from morning first light
to evening last star and we are proud that we celebrate Onam like the world’s
prime festival and we are very much malleable to anything around us you can
discover a Malayali beside you even in your trip to moon; if you have some
problem about it we can’t help it .
What is so undesirable about the ‘ mallu look’? Yes we put
coconut oil on our head not as much as most of you inflate. Having a big
moustache and wearing ‘pink lunki’ is not the exact Malayali look as some
idiots popularize. Can you say “zha” correctly? We watch Tamil,
Malayalam, Hindi ,Telugu, Kashmiri and even Iranian movie a day.
Think before you abuse us because we’re everywhere around
the world, we understand almost every language under the sun ( actually we pretend, shhhh! we figure out at least from the facial expression) ,don’t judge us by the images and
videos you get on Google and we are not Madrasis , we are Malayalies!
PS: These are my literal views, if anyone has a problem, I can’ help it!