This is a humorous take at the life and allied itineraries of people who hails from the small land strip called Kerala,more popularly know as Mallus outside. Welcome to Malluism...

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Malluism

Mallu as the Malayali/Keralite diaspora is know outside Kerala. A lot of traits are associated with Mallus, such as the peculiar accent in which they( actually we,I am also one) speak English, their political thought( no were else can see Communist and Congress parties existing together with equal footing) , their love for own food made in the coconut oil, a true Mallu shall be either the fan of Mohanlal or Mamooty(the Super stars of Malayalam movie industry), and this list can go on and on.

You can find a Mallu at any conrner of the world, a popular joke is that there is a tea shop opened by a Mallu at Moon(Tea shops and Barbar shops forms an important part of Mallu life) also and he was heartly welcoming when Neil Amstrong set his foot on moon, and that latest one of Misbah(mind the spelling) didn't remember this fact that no corner in the world one can find without being infested by Mallu's, that what happened when he played the unorthodex shot tyring to clear the outter feild by playing an upish sweep shot, but the proud of all the Mallu's, Sreeshanth was very much there,to seal the victory for India at the final's of T-20 World Cup

As of my personal experience, I came across a road side Omlette seller at Gandhinagar,Ahmedabad, having the good mirchi omlette gave me a deja vu feeling , which forced me to enquire the reason behind the feeling, leading to the revelation that he himself is a Mallu and very recently I been to the Mood Indigo fest at IIT ,Mumbai; the rock show by Thermal and Quarter, had a song dedicated for a mallu they knew from Christ college. As usual as other Mallus, I head banged without understanding much of the lyrics, all I could make out was that a Mallu could force them to compose a song. I am proud, and this is all the part of phenomenon, Malluism.

3 comments:

Vivek Menon said...

Malluism as you say is such an integral part of us- whether its the Tattukada Porrotta Beef fry or the ubiquitous Lungi - We are the "Sophisticated Country fellows"

Anonymous said...

Woo Hoo!! Mallus rock.
btw, ur topics are good.
but better editing is needed. catch ur grammar.

Anonymous said...

mallu mallu ennu swayam vilichu swantham vila kalayaathada mone...
puahullavar nammale kochaakkaan vendi itta per aanu athu...ninte vichaaram athu valya style aanu ennaano..??poor 'mallu'