Seeing as this post will probably put several backs up..I'll apologise for any insensitivity in the upcoming blog. I'll also warn you not to read any further if you can't take a wack sense of humor.. if you can... haveits..for some of the non south indian folks I've had the (mis)fortune of meeting.. South India..a brief intro:
1. The 'South' comprises 4 states - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala... it's not one blob of land called Madras.
2. Madras WAS the capital of Tamil Nadu... any Indian hailing from a place south of Maharashtra is NOT a 'Madrasi'.. in fact, the term's obsolete seeing as Madras doesn't exist anymore... refering to someone as that makes you deserving of a good hard foot stomp!
3. Do NOT tell someone who tells you she's Tamilian she doesn't 'look' like a south indian... if she's been pushed as far as I've been she might poke you in the eye! We're not clones!
4. When in South India, do not eat north indian food...if you must, dont whine that it's 'not like in dilli or bambai yaar' Of course it's not! This is not Dilli or Bambai, saar!
5. Idli and Dosai are eaten dipped in chutney or sambhar.. if you want to bite into the idlies first and drink the sambhar separately, go ahead.. just dont judge us when we bite into pani puris instead of shoving them into our mouths whole or eat puris with thenginkai chutney!
6. Do not insist on talking to us in Hindi! If we reply in another language it means we think we dont need to know it or/ and we dont want to speak it.. speak english..or the local language... or mime!
7. If you're thinking about starting a tirade of how horrible the south is..shut the hell up..we dint ask you to come here.. but you did..AND you overpaid and ruined our auto annas and velaikaara akkas.. adapt or get lost.
8. Don't smirk too much at 'South Indian' English... we pretend not to notice the fact that you say yaar after every sentence, is it naat so?
9. DO NOT be rude to staff, be a loud nuisance in public places and talk to bus conductors in Hindi!
10. Just because we dont shout every sentence and make a spectacle of ourselves, doesn't mean we're boring...just civilised!
and last but naat least...
Enjaai maadi swamy!
4 comments:
ha ha ha :) a stinging..yet..totally deserved retort to all those "amit 123"'s!! loved it... can't wait to read the next one... :)
hehe!! Agree!! but also cant stand it wen ppl say 'hw cum u know hindi? ur frm chennai rite?' wat is tht supposed to mean??? chennai is in India and its not like we learnt swahili!!!
Bavarian swaami!
Vish and Sandy..u haven't written in ages!!
and Pereira..we frown on anonymous posts hereabouts..
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