I’m a Malayalee and I’m sick and tired of all the misconceptions and half-truths that float around about my people. We’re a community of peace loving people from a little South Indian State called Kerala. I’m sure many of you have heard about us and our people and have a lot of questions. Let me answer the most commonly asked ones. Believe me.. these are questions asked by people that I’ve met over the years.
Q: Why do you introduce ourselves as “Keralite” or “Malayalee” instead of Indian ?
A: In majority of cases its as plain as day that we’re from India, so when asked about our origin its redundant to say that we’re Indian and therefore much quicker to say “I’m from Kerala”
Q: Why aren’t you guys patriotic like the rest of us?
A: If you define patriotism by singing and dancing to silly Bollywood songs, worshiping SRK, SK, AK (and God knows what other xxK’s), spending hours watching cricket, eating aloo gobi and forwarding emails about how many Indians work in Microsoft and NASA… then sorry I’m not a patriot like YOU
Q: Why don’t you guys speak Hindi ?
A: Many of us do but not very well, there are many reasons for that
1. In case you didn’t know, We have our own spoken language and script called Malayalam. 90% of people from Kerala speak this language fluently and the 10% who don’t are too slow to learn it
2. Many of us leave India as soon as we finish college or have never been to India till we reach a certain age hence don’t have much use for this language.
3. We have an abundance of literature, film and music culture in our state and in our own language therefore most people don’t venture beyond Malayalam media
Q: Why do Christians, Muslims and Hindus live far more peacefully in Kerala than in other parts of India?
A: I’m not really sure about that but Christians have been in Kerala since AD52 and Muslims have a strong presence since the 8th Century so I guess they’ve learnt to co-exist peacefully. Recently, thanks to extremist influence from the North and across the border there have been some incidents of communal unrest but that’s just a passing phase(hopefully)
Q: Why do Malayalees almost always end up in the Middle East, US or Europe after they finish their college education ?
A: For this I have to thank the democratic voting system in Kerala that makes it possible for idiotic regimes like the Communist party to come to power and also have to thank the Communist party for destroying the economy and future of our state. Thanks to them, for the past 40 or so years people have fled the state coz they wont allow private institutions or entrepreneurs to flourish.
Q: Why do Malayalees eat Beef? why cant you eat ‘normal’ food?
A: We don’t consider the cow to be some kind of magical or holy creature. For us a cow is a source of milk, dairy products and meat. Further more thanks to the secular nature of our society there are no taboos when it comes to Beef and Pork being served in restaurants. I’d also like to add that the ‘Porotta and Beef fry’ combo is the most popular meal in Kerala, available day and night! 
Q: Why do Keralites have greasy hair and greasy skin?
A: A lot of us use coconut oil on our hair and bodies since coconut oil is a natural moisturizer and is better than most chemical creams
Q: Why do Malayalees drink so much alcohol?
A: During Onam festivities this year, Keralites drank their way thru Rs. 340,000,000 (this is not a joke, thats more than 2 Million KD) worth of alcohol on a single day! Everyone knows we like to have a little fun.. and how can we do that without a drink? 
Q: Why do Malayalees sound funny when they speak English or other languages.
A: Its a common phenomenon called Mother Tongue Interference… have you heard a Frenchman speak English? Exactly!
Finally…
Q: Are Malayalees good people ?
A: We’re probably one of the friendliest and most caring people in the whole world… sure our suicide rates are high but infant mortality rates are the lowest in India!
Thank you, have a nice day and enjoy the video below
I am a Malayalee on Youtube [link]
The Toy Room
Mathai – please tell me you ain’t a master of kalarippayattu? i wouldn’t like to be in the shoes of the next dude taking a shot at kerala with you are around !
haha ! touch Kerala and you’re gone!
Was down and out with the flu for the last few days – the best thing ever to happen then was that Youtube posting ! LOL.. me and the wife laughed our guts off… can’t imagine Russell Peters doing a show exclusively on us Mallus !
That was a gutsy POST!!
“Am Proud to Be a MALLU”
Me too!
Hey Mathai,
Thats quite a post…well done!
Hope a lot of people will have a lot of their misconceptions cleared
BTW, the video you see above has been done by a very good friend of mine and yes this was shot by a group of malus in Kuwait.
Once again….Excellent post!
thanks and thanks for the mention in your forum
I know Dr.JJ too !
WOW!!!
Way to go buddy! Thumbs up!!!
thanks!
Awesome….lots of questons answered for the first time…realized… it all about having fun for u guys…:)
yeah we’re all about fun!
gud one mathai….
thanks man!
Hi Mathai,
Hey like they say back home “Adipoli”.
I just linked this on my Facebook page. Hope you don’t mind.
Cheers.
Keep writing and shooting.
G
thanks! go ahead link it! its for all Malayalees
Nice post.
1. Out of curiosity which diety do most Keralites worship? Are most of you Hindu?
2. What sport is popular in the south of India?
3. Is Tamil commonly spoken in Kerala?
1. Around 50% is Hindu and worship either Shiva or Vishnu as the main deity, then Christians and Muslims are approx 25% each.
2. Cricket and Football are very popular, but hockey and volleyball have fans too!
3. Tamil is not widely spoken but most people understand it.
The question about malayalees eating beef, its usually pointed at the Nairs of Kerala, who being a part of the Hindu community, relish their beef curry…
“I’m a Malayalee, and I don’t have a problem!”
My Brahmin friend SP from Allepy, loves beef fry and so do many others!
This question about beef was asked by a Telugu friend of mine. He was shocked when I told him I eat beef
I’ve got friends..malayalees, nairs who eat a burger with me..religiously,
I guess people cannot stand a universally tolerant and acceptable populace….(except Brunei!! 
)
That’s what we are…
LOL……funny
the video especially…
I have a question Why ‘Shaji’ is such a common name? (and whats the meaning of it) In my previous work place we had three Shaji’s Christian Shaji, Hindu Shaji and a Muslim Shaji ..
And this is not a question … but there are times when i got a call from a stranger .. first question (without even asking my name) MalayaliYo?
Proud to be your neighbor
I dont think the name Shaji has any particular meaning, yes it is kinda common in Kerala.
The second situation is common since if the person answering the phone happens to be a Malayalee, it would make communication easier. Thanks neighbor
http://mtpm1957.blog.com/
http://www.makkez.com/
Tamil Pariah
Malayalee King
I accept its GODS OWN COUNTRY….
And by your reply….
YOU GUYS ARE “DEVILS OWN PEOPLE” …
India is a young country. We fought for independence just some 60 years ago. It does not have strong foundation like other countries. So don’t play on others sentiments . Be watchful with your replies. Discussions are good. Don’t be a fool. It wont take much time to design a page like u did for us. Try to be patriotic. We as a country are progressing. Don’t stop our own progress by spreading this like this. You guys are dependant on us for higher education, you come here for jobs,you are dependant on our resources …. remember u give only water and for others u guys are dependant on us…. try to love others…. else u have to live without others…..
Tamilan.
This post was meant as a joke, if you cant handle it thats your problem. And who the hell said anything about Tamilians? This post is about my people. The internet is a big place I’m sure you’ll find something more to your standards elsewhere.
Who the hell is this guy? We are good capable to stand alone at anywhere and any situations. We are more patriotic than you dude. Don’t be upset..
We are Malayalis…
Proud to speak Malayalam…
Hai you are racist malayalle, dont say lie. Tamil is widely spoken language in kerala. In fact, Palaghat,Trivandrum,Kollam and Iduki, more than 60% of peoples are Tamils. Lot of Tamil Iyers,Nadars,Mudaliars and Tamil Pillais are wide spread across kerala. Even Trivancore samasthan Dewan Ramasamy iyer and all Cheran dynasty kings, T.N Seshan etc are Kerala settled Tamilians. Swami Iyapan is Vellala kula Jathan ( Tamil Pillai) race in kerala. King of Pandalam kingdom, Rajasekara Pandian is Tamilian.
Hey I’m a Malayalee and infact I’m so patriotic but do you know a fact?Infact Malayalam is talked all over Tamil Nadu.What is Tamil?Who knows?Well you shouldn’t forget things can backfire when you say shits like this “{
Ha! where the hell do you get your information from? Tamil is widely understood in Kerala, not widely spoken. And you better check your facts about the 60% Tamilian population in the places you mentioned.
Hi friends.Just surfed in.This blog is indeed interesting.I have always asked this question “What make’s one a Malayalee?”.Little bit about myself.My Parent’s emigrated to
Oversea’s for more than three decades.Both of them have their roots in kerala.Due to the limited malayali population.The lauguage is not widely used.We speak a form of malayalam which consist of Tamil,English and the local dialect with smattering of malayalam.Apart from my parent’s,none of us could read or write the laugauge.Malayalam movie was also not widely avalible,until recent the launch of “Malayalam Cable channel Asianet”,In it,we are able to watch malayalam programs.I must say,I am now watching more malayalam movies than tamil or hindi movies.Hopefully,one day I can learn my ancestral launguage “Malayalam”……….Happy New year to all
Hi! thanks for stopping by. Its good to get in touch with your roots and Asianet is helping lots of Malayalees do so.
Happy New Year to you too.
I’m a Tamilian from Chennai and I’m with you completely on all the questions you put forth and answered quite succinctly. I remember the beef and parotta I had while vacationing in Munnar, quite heavenly , I know what I’ll be having for lunch today,next best thing: butter naan and chilly beef from my local chinese fast food here in chennai..burp
In our country the norh indian people ,who form the majority dominates in each and every field…
The face of India is known outside only through them…Thats y people outside think,if u r an Indian u shud like SRK,eat north indian food and all…most of them dont introduce themselves as ugujrati,uttar pradesh waalah etc..they simply say they are from India…
BUt south Indians will assert their regional identities like tamilians,malayalis,kannadigas etc…
thats y outsiders think that we are from some other country or something like that…
malyali actors are not identified as Indian actors ,but as only Kerala or malyali actors[as if kerala is some other country]…
The remedy is that malyalis also shud start[also tamils,kannadigas] saying that we are INDIANS and we are from INDIA..BUt dont imitate the north indian culture or live like them…speak our language ,watch our own movies ,eat our dishes…So that ,nammude ellaam ellaam INDIAN aayi ariyappedum…Other wise,only those northern stuffs will be identified as ‘INDIAN’ outside the country…Athokke ishtappettillengilo nammal patriotic alleennum parayum…
the identifying as Keralite part was used in the context of the Gulf region, almost everyone here knows we’re Indian, they just want to know which part of India we’re from. Infact I’ve had some Kuwaitis and Arabs ask me if I’m from Trivandrum, Allepy or Cochin! what do I tell them? “I’m from India?”
Mr.Arul,
actually malayalees are not as racist as you tamils..come to kerala…tamil is understood…hindi is tried to be understood by the local people…tamil action cinemas and actors are liked by youngsters..we are open minded…but will u do all these things in your state…will u watch malayalam films??will u appreciate anything other than tamil or tamilians…??
NOOOOOOOO…..MOST OF TAMILS WONT….
but just bcoz we accept other langugaes and cultures like tamil,hindi,english etc,it does not mean that we are ‘cultureless’ or ‘languageless’..We hav our langugae Malayalam…and MALAYALAM IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE WIDELY SPOKEN IN OUR STATE….OK???
Excellent reply!. the same points I had in my mind.
My dear Arul, I agree that we are dependent on Tamil nadu and other states for a lot of things. but dont forget…ou guys are dependent on us too. there is a joke doing rounds in kerala. “What Gulf is for mallus is what kerala is for tamils”. the same odd jobs you do in your “homeland” for petty amounts, you do the same for much better wages in kerala and live better lives.
Since you started this accusations, as a mallu its my duty to reply to you. dont try to be super heroic like your movie stars…it doesnt work in the real world. everyone is dependent on others in some form or the other.
so beware before starting your egoistic comments
I think its time for we Malayalees to stop promoting tamil films too much in our state..
We are open minded so we accept tamil..BUt they are taking false pride in it and arguing that’tamil is spoken widely in kerala’ etc…In one blog,i even found a shocking thing..one idiot tamil was arguing that ‘keralites love tamil language,actors,songs etc..there are many similarities between keralite’s language and tamil..So we would like to merge Kerala with tamil nadu’…What do u think about the guy who said it????How dare he said it…???its all bcoz of mallus’ ‘open mindedness’…Stop it…all sources including cinema that would make our youngsters addicted to that culture shud be banned or atleast controlled…
Karnataka and Andhra had already done it…
there is nothing wrong in beinmg a bit assertive about our language and culture…
hey ok,this is not your fault,it is our fault why should i tell this means your are 100% egoist about tamilians and our development , ur bloody mouth u stop to tell about tamilians in unwanted things or otherwise u will be sufferer idiot’s ,u do know anything to speak (especially english in a correct pronounciation) u don’t want to promote our cinema into ur state becoz we have international market not just like your cinema and also a some miracle personality are living in tamil nadu they can promote our cinema in to a universal level shits
guys guys! lets not all turn this into a Tamil VS Malayali conflict. I wrote this post to highlight some of the things that make us Malayali and tried to explain them in a humorous way to non-Malayalis. No need to go attacking other places(unless provoked
) I speak Tamil, Kannada and Telugu with various degrees of fluency and have lived in various places in India so this post comes from my experience with interacting with different people.
Wat the above person said is absolutely right..why shud we promote their language and cinemas.
THere is absolutely no need of it..We have excellent films and actors in our home state..then why depending on the craps made in tamil nadu…Some will say,art and sports shud for promoting friendships and cross cultural bonds between people and not to create divisions.We believe in it,i think.thats why we are open to tamil,telugu movies.But oru paalam ittaal angottum ingottum venam ennu parayunna pole,are they accepting Malayalam movies and actors????NEVER…Insted they think that they are superior and do not have any gratitude for us…NOw they want to establish tamil in our land…things are crossing limits…
So to conclude,it would be better to control tamil influence..Malayalam shud be promoted..
‘IF WE ARE RESPECTED ONLY, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBLITY TO RESPECT OTHERS’..
Hai all,
Im a Tamizh brahmin…and i love malayalam..its a very sweet language..and mr.son of malayalam u r wronged if u thought malayalam has its own origin..malayalam has infact pure tamizh words which tamizh’s even dont say..for instance 90% of the tamizhs for sure cant pronounce “zha”..and they dont know the differences between the na in thuNi and in mannan..infact malayaLam was a dialect of tamizh..see dis artcile in wiki
T.K. Krishna Menon, in his book A Primer of Malayalam Literature describes four distinct epochs concerning the evolution of the language:[21]
Karintamil (3100 BCE – 100 BCE): Malayalam from this period is represented by the works of Kulashekara Alvar and Pakkanar. There is a strong Tamil element, and Sanskrit has not yet made an influence on the language. Kulasekhara Alwar who wrote Perumal Thirumozhi, a Tamil Alwar saint, founder of the Later Chera Dynasty lived at 800 AD.[22]
Old Malayalam (100 BCE – 325 CE): Malayalam seems to have been influenced by Sanskrit as there are numerous Sanskrit words in the language. There are personal terminations for verbs that were conjugated according to gender and number.Tamil Sangams produced Tamil Sangam literature in the same era.Tamil-Brahmiscript was used to write inscriptions in that era.
Middle Malayalam (325 CE – 1425 CE): Malayalam from this time period is represented by works such as Ramacharitram. Traces of the adjuncts of verbs have disappeared by this period. The Jains also seemed to have encouraged the study of the language. Kulasekhara Alwar wrote Perumal Thirumozhi in Tamil while writing Mukundamala in Sanskrit.[23]
Modern Malayalam (1425 CE onwards): Malayalam seems to have established itself as a language separate from classical Tamil and Sanskrit by this point in time. This period can be divided into two categories: from 1425 CE to 1795 CE, and from 1795 CE, onwards. 1795 CE is the year the British gained complete control over Kerala.
this is an article from wikipedia and mr.krishnan menon says malayalam is derived from karintamizh..im a tamizhian but i know to read and write malayaLam..just for the love for that sweet language..(sorry to say its a tamizh dialect)..
and mr.bangalore malayali “I RESPECT MALLUS,I HAVE LOT OF MALLU FRIENDS”
And as lot of tamil films are gettin into kerala..i hope malayalis continue to speak the pure accent of tamizh..and they dont fall into the “vala palam,malai” scenario.
IN ORDER TO PROTECT TAMIZH,MALAYALAM MUST BE PRESERVED AND ENCOURAGED..only thing is it has to give up extensive sanskrit vocabulary..
Its a shame that Malayalis can try to distance themselves from Tamils and pretend they evolved differently. Like it or not, Malayalam, Telegu came from Tamil. Very closely related languages. The Jaffna (Yaalpana) tamils in Sri Lanka are very strongly connected to modern day malayalis. The Sinhala language also has connections to it.
One thing i like about Kerala is that i have been told that there is a nice open sex attitude there compared to other parts of India and the women are very open. I think this is a good thing. Would like to come to Kerala and see if it is true. The brahminical tyranny of India has made Indians too uptight, nice to hear that in Kerala the influence is less
One of the greatest comedy is that malayalis,kannadigas and telugus pretend that their languages evolved from sanskrit!
..very very few know which language is the mother language of south india…even fewer know that there is a study called dravidology..ere ppl from various parts of the world study about dravidian languages….what they know the malayalis,kannadigas and telugus don know!!
Malu Porn Rocks!! Woohooo!!
edo thaan eviduthe malayali aanado???thaan malayali aano atho vere vallathum aano?/?
see the above fucking comments…why are u allowing itbto be published?????/wat the f****///
kore neram aayallo kure paandikal kayari ithinte akathu nirangunnu…avanokke malayalatheyum mattu bhashakaleyum patti kore chelaykkunnundallo…athu pottennu veykkaam..
but wat the shit is that last comment??????????//?????
Njaan oru thani malayalee aanado, ee comments kandu mattollavarku oru thamasha aayikotae ennu vichaarichu. And on the last comment, avante naattil nalla ‘thundu’ padam illathakondalae nammalde padam avan kaanunathu?
Hi everybody!
Believe it or not, I landed on this site while searching on Google using keywords “malayalee vs tamil”. Unfortunately – or shall I say fortunately? – I have landed exactly where I wanted to. This is a blog where all the stereotypes between these two Indian peoples and real boiling issues are discussed. And that, in spite of the repeated, pacifying and legitimate reminder of yours, Mathai.
Please read and ponder over what a male Tamizh youngster – that is, me – has to say. All through this comment of mine, I in no way mean to moralize anybody. All through this comment, I never mean to hurt anybody’s regional, linguistic, social or caste or any other form of identity, and certainly not incite hatred towards anybody, whether Indian or not. I definitely intend to appeal to the sane part that is in each one of us.
I love our country. We as Indians have this unique speciality of having a very long history, so long that the history of England, or France, or for that matter the United States, fade pitily in comparison. For instance, in the 5th century, England was leading a struggle against the Roman Empire, when India was united by the Gupta dynasty, and London was just a village. Compare with Indraprastham which is Old Delhi, and is talked about in Mahabharatham, and has no age.
Our country has nourished many other countries since time immemorial, let’s say at least since the Muslim Kings, and most of all, European invaders. Our country still continues to do so till today (don’t we wear items that were rejected for export?). The latter countries used Indian resources to replenish theirs. A thorough research by scholars on all that that was “taken away” (an euphemism for looting) will be most welcome, since it is on these riches that is gold, precious stones, various agricultural products such as indigo, the cheap labour forced on our forefathers, their forced enrolment during world wars (which anyway “world” wars but are european wars) that these countries consider themselves “rich”, “developed” whereas we are “underdeveloped” or “third world” when it suits them.
But see, we are independent, and a child born on the very day, and at that very moment of the Independence of India has lived what is called in Tamizh (and probably in Malayalam too) a “maamaangam”. And we are now, I mean TODAY, a young country with full of potential. And each one of the persons who have left a comment in thig blog is part of this India. Each one of us has inherited this independence through painful struggle, most of all through non-violence of our forefathers. Just tell me what sense does it make to make an issue – or just even a comment and in this blog – of the quality of porn movies in Kerala, or Tamizhnadu, or in Haryana, in this context? Let’s insist on our regional identity if we wish so, but let’s certainly not lose our Indian character, and let’s not alienate ourselves, when there are many urgent issues – social, economic, educational – and so on that require unity. Alienating ourselves will certainly not benefit us Indians. It will for sure benefit other nations, espcially those who would like us to change (again!) our habits for their own economic benefits.
Coming to my jaathi (caste). It ceased to mean anything a long time ago, since my grandparents stopped exercising their profession. So, I identify myself as Indian in all official documents where caste is to be mentioned – you have absolutely the right for that – and, then only a Tamizhan. Of course, in Europe, when I come across a person who has visited Tamizhnadu, it will really be silly to reply that I am an Indian, when that person wants to know whether I live in Madurai, or Chennai, or Tiruchi…
Now about the stereotypes of each and everyone. All these stereotypes persist in Tamizh and Malayaalee people.
It is true that (most of) Tamizhar people don’t buy as much DVDs of Malayaalee films as Malayaale people might buy Tamizh ones. But so what? Try to document yourselves objectively about the real, persistent, economic difficulties of Tollywood and compare them with the (relative) economic opulence of Kollywood. Will anyone sane will say that there is a Tamizh conspiracy to kill Tollywood? It is really childish and sad to here that some people “want” or “think that” Tamizh and Tamizh films “should not” be promoted, even be “banned”! Let their wish never be fulfilled.
But at the same time, there have always been, and hopefully there will be, beautiful malayalam films, from “manjnil virinja pookkal” upto the latest “Pazhassi raja”. Some of you might differ on my taste, but you can’t deny that there has always been a good deal of beautiful Malayalam films. Now, are Tamizhars watching more Telungu, Kannada movies than Malayaalee ones? I certainly don’t think so, because, as I just said, Kollywood benefits from a historically dynamic Chennai, where rich people from various parts of our country live from a long time ago, and hence the (relative) easiness of getting funds, and that explains a greater output. And this is an objective fact, no one can deny this.Of course a proportional number of crap films are produced! I will say that nowadays emphasis is put more on sex and I’m really afraid that this trend will generate more problems than it solves, in our country where collective thinking is very rare, according to me.
I don’t think ALL Malayaalee people reject these crap, and as all other peoples from India living in Tamizhnadu, some of them surely are viewers of these. Now, does that mean that Malayaalee taste (that is, artistic taste of ALL malayaalees) is bad? If Tamizhars don’t buy Malayaale movies, tell me whether that would mean that we Thamizhars are conspiring – in the dark or in broad daylight – to boycott Malayaalee films? Do we ORDER owners of TV channel, that is over the phone, or through SMSes, or through snail mail not to program Malayaalee films, or else…? I totally agree that films of all languages should be promoted in Tamizhnadu and all states of India, are we living unitedly in diversity or not? Or are we living united seemingly – that is constitutionally, in paper – and rejecting each other? (Do you agree, Mathai, that this question deserves itself a separate blog?) What is the use of insulting each other, just like goondas and rowdies, and if you don’t like this comparison, just like uneducated and hence unaware and unknowledgeable populace? Just leave it to the populace, unless you are part of it, like malluking for instance [to you malluking: you are definitely a king of nothing, for a king never incites hatred amongst people of his own country. Shame on you that you should use a hate website by a foreigner who hates thamizhars for his own (unjustified) reasons. And perhaps he hates Malayaalees too, but you definitely are the kind that is satisfied of his hatred of Thamizhars.].
And that brings the next one: water issues between Kerala and Tamizhnadu. These are serious, inflammable issues between us. But Tamizhnadu has also water issues between Karnataka. And so has India with Pakistan (over the Sind river), and with China (over the Brahmaputra). The source of concern is this: Have water conservation schemes (on desilting reservoirs, lakes, etc.) been implemented seriously in Tamizhnadu and all over India, so that the little rain we get annually is stored and distributed? All experts, scientists, NGOs concur to say that if not, we as a country are heading towards a ecological disaster in less than 15 (fifteen) years. Just check the united nations website on a quite comprehensive study on pending water issues, not only in our country but all over the world. That said, just tell me what all Thamizhar and Malayaalee citizens that are NOT politicians can do in this issue? Except hope that the concerned politicians and engineers on both sides finally AGREE on something? Shall we ignore that millions of us Thamizhars and Malayaales want this issue to be resolved to the satisfaction of all without politicizing this issue, and go on treating ourselves names? Shall we ignore the fact that innocent people, who are not remotely concerned about a given water issue, are maimed or even killed during violence on these matters? What about all those buses destroyed? Is it not your money, and mine that goes up in flames? Is it – indirectly but definitely – our workhours in our respective profession that are destroyed by goondas, just for the sake of 100 rupees or a pack of biriyani?
Anyway, as I just said, when water conservation projects are implemented – if at all – at this dangerously slow rate in Tamizhnadu, throwing stones at Kannadigas or Malayaalees or for that matter Telungars will certainly not do any good. If you don’t take any serious step to use each and every possibility to provide potable water to all citizens when you have all the budget, technological and manpower means in this India of the 21st century, pointing fingers at your neighbours is laughable at the least, it is really horrendous for our next generations. And government is not always to blame on this issue: for instance, do we, as Indians who have mastered medicine long before any other people and hence have a hint on how precious life is, scrupulously follow rules and regulations, such as, for example, when driving, even if it is to buy that biscuit packet at the end of the street? And we all know that a “small” collision at 30 km/h can KILL, or in my sense worse, leave you handicaped for life. We all know this. But do we drive carefully on roads, whether it be in Kerala or Tamizhnadu? Have we ever thought over this question Or are we going to start now with a idiotic comment that Malayaalees (foolishly meaning ALL malayaalees) are less disciplined on roads than Thamizhars, so that the real issue will be never solved…?
Now the employment issue. It seems – to me – that KK is contradicting Mathai’s first post. If communist education has not allowed companies to flourish, how come only Thamizh people get better wages in Kerala than in Tamizhnadu? And how come so many Malayaalees have to move Tamilnadu (or any other desination) to look for a better job prospect? Intriguing, is it not? This is not rhetoric but a genuine question. I need more explanation on this.
Linguistic prejudices do not surface with Malayaalees, as with Kannadigas for example, and I pity these for being manipulated by their politicians, and whomsever who engages in hatred against Thamizh, and against whichever language of our country. It is an objective fact, I repeat objective, that Thamizh is the mother of all Dravidian languages. I am a Thamizhan. I am happy to be a Thamizhan. It makes me really happy to know that Thamizh is the mother of all Dravidian languages. But in no way it means that I’m being chauvinistic. I am happy to see Thamizh mozhi in all its forms: Kannada, Telungu or Malayalam. Just go through the internet, or to Institude of Dravidian Studies which is located in… Tiruvananthapuram, or if you still feel I’m being chauvinistic (which I’m definitely not) just check this web page of a Czech professor: http://www.mandrake.uk.net/kzvelebil.htm. Perhaps you will believe a white man more than an Indian (I apologize if that’s not the case).
Let’s together look at prevailing issues with objectivity. Let’s furiously debate on those, but let’s give each other objective inputs in whatever topic where we feel concerned. We have to do it order to get new, constructive habits of thinking, speaking and doing. If we indians of today don’t do that, coming generations will just ape us, and perhaps we will find some other blog with loathable stereotypes in, say, 30 years. Or, are we going to wait for an English channel to propagate the benefits of communal harmony, giving up our childish sterotypes, have a respect for other languages, feel free to be of the same culture? Wouldn’t that be a shame for all of our forefathers who have suffered like hell to make afford this life? Haven’t you noticed that media talk about them not as often as they must (and I insist on “must”), so that young children don’t just have to content themselves with history books in classes? Why isn’t there a history channel, as in the english H channel? Are we always going to ape the West? Media will talk about them on independence day – but always formally – but even that day will anyway be consumed in watching this or that insipid TV program, instead of collectively, I mean as a nation, as FREE citizens of our nation, as young thinkers of a given street, apartment, etc., think about the sacrifices made by our forefathers whoever they are, Thamizhar, Malayaalee, Assamese, Gujarathi, Marathi,…, think about all the corruption that we are giving in to today, and which has made our lives, as citizens of a FREE nation, totally unsure. Asking these questions is certainly not making a drama, or writing a cinema script. It is a necessity, so that we could consciously nurture positive aspects of what is left of Indian culture and Indian land.
Thanks for posting my remarks just as they are, I will NOT retreat on any of them. For India.
Hello Ragouvamsam! funny you should mention how to came across my page coz I was actually compiling some reports on search terms that point to my page and I was rather amused with some of them. I shall write a post about this in the coming days. As for your comment, although I didnt read through it completely(but I will, rest assured) I do appreciate your time and effort in making these points and I hope people take the time to read through it.
To Mathai: Hearty thanks to you for posting my entire comment. I am eagerly waiting for your thoughts on it.
@ Ragouvamsam
thank u for u r post…Let Indians be united irrespective of all linguistic differences..
One correction i would like to make in u r post..Malayalam film industry is not called ‘Tollywood’..that is Telugu…
Malayalam is commonly called ‘Mollywood’///…
To Malayali blood: Thanks for signalling out the error. I mechanically associated T with Thiruvananthapuram, just as K stands for Kodambakkam. This is really an indicator for you that I am NOT into cinema these years. I go watch a movie only if I find something to my expectations in film reviews made in magazines, otherwise it always happen to be pure pollution to the eyes, to the ears and hence to the mind. We have already so many things to fear about in real life, then why increase that with filthy supplement, and even PAYING for it…? Anyway, I life Mollywood, it makes it more…shall I say more mellifluous? Thanks again for the rectification.
Hope to have more reactions from you.
There are some misunderstanding about Kerala and Malayalis among Tamils. This is because of their lack of common sense and influence of Tamil films, Language chauvinism and Tamil sentiments. Tamils believe whatever they are seeing in Tamil film about Malayalis are absolutely right. But they never conclude anything based on their experience or understanding. But Malayalis judge people only their experience and interaction.
Some Misconceptions by Tamils are given below:
1. All Malayalis in Kerala can thoroughly understand and speak Tamil and they want to make Tamil as their mother tongue instead of Malayalam
Reason to think so: Malayalis watch Tamils films and enjoy Tamil music widely. And Malayalis will try to speak in Tamil(even he doesn’t know much) when they get a chance.
Comments: Tamils films are good and watched by Malayalis. Does not mean it is widely understood or spoken. Historically Tamils and Keralites are interacted for many things. Keralites allowed Tamil Brahmins,merchants(Mudaliyar and Nadar casts)to settle in any part of beautiful land of Kerala from their desert Tamil nadu and of course Tamil laborers in Idukki district.
And native Keralites never imposed Malayalam on them and they are free to speak Tamil anywhere they want. This is what misunderstood by Arul and posted rubbish statement like 60% people in certain districts are Tamils. He agrees that himself that Tamils are immigrants in Kerala. As long as this is India, they are free to come, but don’t come and claim that this beautiful land to be merged with Tamil nadu. They have had that mentality in Srilanka, Bangalore and some other areas also. In Srilanka they paid heavy price for that. And in Bangalore and Malaysia they are still suffering badly. But they are success in getting Kanyakumari, although historically Kanyakumari belonging to Travancore of Kerala
2. Malaylis like or no problem in Merging Kerala with Tamil Nadu
Comments: No chance. Tamils think that since Tamil nadu and kerala are sharing something in common, they have no problem in merging. But 100% of keralites don’t want that.We don’t want tamil nadu as well. Let Kerala be with Keralite and Tamil nadu with Tamils.
3. Tamil films are dominated and having much influence than Malayalam movies
Comments: I don’t think so. Keralites like Tamil movie if it good. I don’t agree with some Malayali guyz like we need to control screening Tamil movies. We are open minded and having much social conscious and none of them can influence us.
4. Keralites including women have open sex attitude
Comment: This is underlining my above comments that lack of common sense and knowledge. I don’t know from where he(ugk) got this info. Has he ever read in Newspaer or Media. Answer is No. This is mainly due to their cultureless mind and attitude against Kerala girls. I have been in Chennai for 10 years and whoever stayed in Tamil nadu for 10 days will come to know that their mentality against Kerala girls. Actually Tamils boys have pseudo respect against Women. In their words they tell ‘Amme Thaaye..’ etc,but actually they always look girls sexually. In most Tamil movies women are exposed like anything. Also every Tamil Maganize publish their issue with an exposed girl in their cover page.
Lol. If what you say is true, historically Chera Kingdom was part of Ancient Tamilakam , therefore Kerala is Tamil country. Jus joking.
Not even a single inch of land of present Kanyakumari belongs to Kerala. The majority Nadars there are Tamils and have always been the major clan in the district !
Hi Mathai,
Everything is ok.
But why many malayalees are very EOGistic.
Not all but many of them, especially young guys without age difference they are very egoistic.
And they act as if they know everything even though they dont know.
why is like that.
I am trying to find that out, is it because of the education system there or because of parents.
Sorry i dont want to hurt anyone, because all my friends are mallus.
But i meet some young guys below age 25 and they are very much egoistic.
so trying to find out. Sometime it depends on the cities or district also they come from.
Regards
Satheesh
pls mathai..
delete all un necesary comments like the ones given by tamils etc..
they are not at all relevant to the topic…
I kept those comments coz they had some entertainment value for some of my friends.
Hi guys Gud to finally see a blog where kerala is dicussed(gr8 job MrMathai \m/ ). Lik many “mallus” out der i was born and bought up abroad(Dubai). So i had to research to know about my gods own country. As a girl i know guys lik facts more than gossip(tink it makes you feel macho i guess) so here are some facts that make kerala different (both -ve and +ve) from India. (som r already mentioned though)
_VE
*The state wit largest suicide rates in India(though i heard som 1 overtuk us lately)
*Biggest boozers in India (i personally hate drinkers)
*least no: of industries(except for IT)
* “Outbreaks of water-borne diseases such as diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis, and typhoid among the more than 50% of Keralites who rely on 3 million water wells is a problem worsened by the widespread lack of sewers” – Wiki
+VE (he he de gud part)
( ALL FACTS CAN BE FOUND HERE (http://www.nfhsindia.org/NFHS-3%20Data/ke_state_report_for_website.pdf) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala)
*The life expectancy of Kerala is similar to developed nations in the world that shows the facilities for treatment and health.
*The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation designated Kerala the world’s first “baby-friendly state” because of its effective promotion of breast-feeding over formulas
*A steadily aging population and low birthrate make Kerala one of the few regions in the developing world to have undergone the “demographic transition” characteristic of such developed nations as Canada, Japan, and Norway.
*Named as one of the “ten paradises of the world” and “50 places of a lifetime” by the National Geographic Traveler magazine
*Kerala’s human development indices— primary level education, health care and elimination of poverty—are among the best in India
*The state has a literacy rate of 94.59 percent,[2] the highest in India.
*A survey conducted in 2005 by Transparency International(Berlin, Germany) ranked Kerala as the least corrupt state in the country.
If you r interested der are tons more in links mentioned. Visit http://www.nfhsindia.org/report.shtml for facts about other states.
And to add someting from me personally, almost ALL malayalees READ NEWSPAPERS which is really the reason for all these. On the -ve side mallu boys are such *&#%^@ towards us girls!(its a fact).
I bet you didnt know all these!
Luv and respect nature.
Tina(One proud malayalee penkutty
lol! thanks for the points and keep your head up high Malayali pennae!
ps.. not all Malayalis are pricks towards ladies
i come across lot of professionalmalayali doctors and always smiling nurse sisters in tamilnadu and gulf,When you work with them they are not professional always cunning, suspecting selfpraising attitude.They are using sarcastic Annanmar word for tamils. This is not good for a community u are doing to others it will reflect it.Guys who brought up in other cities other than
in Kerala take example chennai.Atleast don’t betray the city which helps you grow.
Jaihind
Good job Mathai. I stay abroad and stayed in other Indian states. I have faced all these above questions.
People see a beef eater like an alien ! How can someone comment on it when they haven’t even tasted it ?
The other issue I face is about the accent when we speak English. I have been working with Italian. Scottish, Irish etc… and all of them have influence of their mother-toung when they speak English. Even people from England itself has different accent if you see Nothern and eastern England!
Another thing I noticed is that Keralites are very adaptable to the circumstances . I have seen a couple of North Indians and Tamilians (even the youngsters) packing their meals when I had been to Europe tour ! None of the malayalees faced any issue in being the part of a culture with less luggage !!
Also Kerala is most dirty only on the Sabarimala season!! Otherwise our state is clean .You will never see people/children shitting on the roadsides or on the rails
hi
tamilana pathi pesa malayaliku arugathai illai .oru tamil vartai kooda use pannama pesungada parpom .yaaru ungala kenjaratu tamil padam parka.unga ooru pombalaingale tudikiralunga enga padatula nadika. ungaluku tamilana pudikatu aana tamil naatu porul matum venum .neenga maada sapudunga manusana sapudunga athai pathi engalukku enna kavalai.GO AND WASH YOUR DAMN BRAINS!!!
Buddy, good defending your people and land but most of the facts you gave are wrong.
You said malayalis cant speak hindi because you people already have lot of your own literarure etc. This is rubbish. Everybody does, many of them double of yours. Tamil and telugu are very ancient and 10 times rich in literature etc. Everybody in India speaks 2 languages- hindi or english besides their mother tongue. Malayalis are the only people who cant speak any second language. Although records show that kerala is the most literate state, fact is that malayalis are the dumbest people and their iqs is ’0′. Their general knowledge is completely nill. We generally refer to malayalis as ‘mindless idiots’. One thing that surprises me how you people go abroad and survive there.
Second thing you mentioned malayalis are friendly. This is again wrong because Iam from Andhrapradesh and I know how much difficulty it is surviving in kerala, and how the malayalis treat outsiders. They treat outsiders as aliens, and dont mix with them. In my homeland I was sharing a room with a malayali. I used to treat him like my brother, but here I could not get the same treatment.
Malayalis are the worst people in whole of India.
Bullshit man u mallu pple!
Good Blog. It is clear that Malayalees are distinct from Tamils not only in language but also in looks and ethnicity. Tamil Iyer(Aryan people) peoples looks like Malayalees . We Malayalis never used Dravida putra, instead we use Arya putra. Dravida is not an ethnicity. Drava in Sanscrit means water. The land surrounded by water(south Indian peninsula) is called Dravida in Sanscrit literatures. Malayalam was not evolved from the present tamil . It was evolved from proto tamil in 1200 which was distinctly different from the present day Tamil.
Tamils are australoid people except the Brahmins. Malayalees have different ethnicity and that is why they look different. Kerala, Managalore, Goa areas are almost same kind of people. We respect Tamil people especially the Iyer and Iyengar people because of their high education and sense of understanding. However we would like to differ in opinion that Tamils and Kerala people are same ethniity . Also we would like to inform our Tamil friends that our language is a separate language called Malayalam distinct and different from Tamil. I wonder why Tamil people are so much interested in forcing their language on us when we say we are different?
Tamils please understand that we are not against your language but just like your language is Tamil Ours is Malayalam. We would like to say that we dont want Tamil as our language and We respect Tamil as your language.
Kerala woman enjoy more power in society and are educated and well bread. They may be little social unlike the conservative nature of Tamil woman. Don’t interpret it as a call for sex. This is because Keralites are socially forward unlike the the Tamils. Many christian families drink together. So conservative Tamil people think Kerala Girls are open for sex because of their social nature.
Well said man!!!!
I’m a malayalee (12 female) and I speak one of the best english in my class, I live in England Btw. Also I do not eat beef and the person who wrote the question is probably a hindu. I do not have greasy hair or greasy skin and I will not (in future) drink alcohol – I always interpret it as gross stuff and it’s less beneficial than non-beneficial. And finally I AM kind. I also admire eastern cultures. People who asked some of these question are biased.
Oh No more Streotyping!
I am Son of My mother
I am Son of My Land
Be proud in speaking your Mother tongue and language of your neighbours!
Being ignorant of other languages is being ignorant of our language!
I reside In chennai and Speak Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, English, Punjabi and I proud of being a polyglot !
and read & write Roman, Devnagari, grantha, Nastaliq and Vataezhithu
This is the key for National Integration – speak more than one language
To Tamilians
We don’t know Tamil but lot of Tamilians know Malayalam.I’ve three homes and there is this Tamilian family.I don’t get a world what they say so don’t talk bull crap like we love to learn Tamil.We don’t.We respect it as a language in India.Don’t think that every guys in Kerala watch Tamil movies.I’ve watched only one Tamil movie in my life and that’s Aniyan.Keralites are not Tamil movie lovers,I don’t know whether the old generation was but new gen is not.It’s Malayalam movies like Diamond necklace or Hollywood.Hollywood is the best.We loved English movies from the start and nowadays we people are loving English songs of Flo Rida and Pittbull more and more.So my point is,if you people are gonna prove that we know all these,that would be the biggest joke.
To Hindi walas.
The ones who said every one should learn Hindi should go to pakistan.We don’t consider you as Indians.We have our own language and we respect English way more than Hindi because we share our history with them than you guys.Hindi is not the national language but the native language of North India and we don’t care about it.We don’t understand Hindi and we respect it as a language but yeah if you don’t respect our language we know how to deal with it.
About our ego?
It’s not ego.It’s just we love to be confident.
The guy who is from AP.Are you proud talking in Hindi?You are killing your culture and we are seeing it in recent news.We know English better than any people in India because it’s our official language and we are fond of it.Our second language is English
Hi, friends….
where ever, tamilans and malayalees are meeting in the web, there is fighting…..
this Attitude never chage…. its came from blood.
dear freinds… keep love every one…
god blees you/
mallu girls are the HOTTEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch this video, i think this very much relates to us Mallus
Lol! Good one!
I am from bangalore..actually i read all ur comments …i dont think that malayalis are good and peacefull people ..i give u some examples …1.always the mallu people keep on attacking Kannadigas in kasargod …2.they dont treat Kannadigas as also a citizen of kasargod .3. They wont release kannada movies in kasargod ,where Kannadigas (includes both tulu and konkani) are majority in the district ,wher we release a malayalam movie for just 5% population of mallus in bengaluru
English words murdered by Keralites (Malayalees) and other Indians:
kangaroo (the worst offended word, Malayalees/Indians pronounce as “kanGAROO” instead of “KANgroo”)
mixed, fixed (pronounced as ‘miksed’, ‘fiksed’ instead of ‘miksd’, ‘fiksd’)
bear, pear, wear (pronounced as ‘biyar’, ‘piyar’, ‘wiyer’ instead of ‘beye’, ‘peye’, ‘weye’)
beer (pronounced as “biiir” instead of “biye”)
auto (pronounced as “aaato” instead of “otto”)
Queen (prounounced as “kyuun” instead of “kween”)
form (pronounced as ‘farum’ instead of “fom”)
biennale (pronounced as “binale” instead of “bienale”)
place names – Ohio, Seattle, Utah (pronounced as “ohiyo, seetl, ootha” instead of “ohayo, siyatl, yuta”)
Tortoise (pronounced as ‘tortois’ instead of “totis” )
turtle (pronounced as ‘turrrtil’ instead of “tutl” )
Mascot Hotel (pronounced as “muskut HOtel” instead of “MAScot hoTEL”)
heart (pronounced as ‘hurrt’ instead of “haat”)
bass (pronounced as ‘baas’ instead of “beis”)
twitter (pronounced as “tyooter” instead of “twiter”)
birthday (pronounced as “birthaday” instead of “buthdei”)
garage (pronounced as “garej” instead of “gaRAZH/gaRAJ”)
chassis (pronounced as “chasis” instead of “shasi”)
divorce (pronounced as “daiverse” instead of “divors”)
February (pronounced as “fibruari” instead of “februari”)
one (pronounced as “onn” instead of “wun”)
pizza (pronounced as “pisa” instead of “pitza”)
our (pronounced as “avar” instead of “aue”)
flour (pronounced as “flower” instead of “flaue”)
alarm (prounced as “alarum” instead of “alaam”)
volume (books) (pronounced as “vaalyoom’ instead of “volyum”)
3 cheers to Jake who commented about Tamilians, Hindi walas and Andhra guy. You have one of the best comments that I came across. Malayalees are not at all amused by the chauvinist attitude of the Tamilians and the Hindi walas. Also, malayalees speak Engish much better than any other Indians. Hinglish, Tanglish and Teluglish have the worst accent among Indian Engiish. Example of Hinglish: ‘juoloji’ for zoology, ‘pphunny’ for funny, ‘pphor’ for four/for, ‘joo’ for zoo, ‘iskander’ for Alexander ‘iskool’ for school, ‘ispade’ for spade and other twin consonants starting with the letter ‘s’ at the beginning of a word. are a few in the very very long list
@ Blogger Mathai
I cant simply congratulate you in saying this:
“Q: Why do Malayalees almost always end up in the Middle East, US or Europe after they finish their college education ?
A: For this I have to thank the democratic voting system in Kerala that makes it possible for idiotic regimes like the Communist party to come to power and also have to thank the Communist party for destroying the economy and future of our state. Thanks to them, for the past 40 or so years people have fled the state coz they wont allow private institutions or entrepreneurs to flourish”
Adding to that:
Malayalam can be encouraged only if all the politicians, especially communists, can give a promise that they can employ Malayalees in Kerala. Else, this is detrimentary to the existance of Malayalees. Today about 10% of Malayalees are forced to go abroad for livelihood, simply because they cannot get the required jobs as per their qualification. And, it is these malayalees which contribute to 20% of the state’s income. If it were not for them, Kerala would have been as backward as Bihar. Kerala Govt is not giving much jobs to its people if you look at the number of youth who remain unemployed. Most of the jobs are in the private sector which need English. Hence, we need to give more importance to English. We need to have more English medium schools, and the English taught in these schools should be with the correct accent and pronunciation. Malayalam news readers should pronounce English words correctly and write English words while printing. If we have the same attitude as Tamilians, I’m afraid we will be left far behind, simply because Kerala govt cannot provide enough jobs.
Wow!!! I am malayalee and I was born and raised in Mumbai. I thought they are very co-operative and warm people. But when I got married to one and stayed in kerala for 2 years I realised how narrow minded and ill knowledge they are. They are just not ready for change. Honestly I am not comfortable in kerala or with keralites. In kerala or anywhere. You are so double standard in your statements. Sure we drink “alcohol but we like to have fun” what??? eating beef and pork is taboo for hindus. But I dont think it has anything to do with the religion in kerala. well I have a list of things I have to say about them.
To each his own.
Us mallus have our own outlook towards life and social mores. I don’t think its inferior or superior to anybody else’s. The views expressed in this blog by non mallus smacks of their own insecurities and intolerance. As fellow Indians we have to live together and be dependent on each other. As a predominently consumer state, we are paying good money to obtain goods and services from other states which contributes in no small measure in propping up their economies.
If any of our good neighbours feel insecure being around a mallu, its just too bad. Try to understand us a bit more.
In conclusion, congrats to shri Mathai in maintaining such a lively blog.
Proud to be a mallu.