Gods own country.
Close your eyes. Think about Kerala. Consider all that flashes in your mind.
Coconut trees against calm seas. Water. Ample water. Fishermen – throwing their nets. Greenery. Sharanam Aiyappa. K.J. Yesudas. Marxism. Meen curry. Wills Filter. Elephants that look like they are about to attend a Jayalalita organized wedding. Onam. Amply endowed women who wear pavadai and blouse but terminate ‘dressing up’ abruptly at the point when it is the turn of the saree. Olympics. Football. P.T. Usha. Banana chips. Jack Fruit. Bare chested men beating tightly stretched leather with sticks and blowing furiously into curved, incredibly long and incredibly loud wind pipes. Assortment of writers and reporters. Khadi kurta clad bespectacled JNU students studying political science. Karunakaran. Joseph George and an assortment of your good friends with two first names. All those ammu kutties and Omana Kutties.
And nasal twangs and that incredibly unique accent.
Godes von kendrey. Simbly sewpppperrb. Ariyo?
Now I did not make the following clip. I dont own it and I dont know whose voice this is. I am not even sure if I am allowed to put it up here. But I know the guy is from Kerala. Do you agree? And I know it will make you laugh.
You can take a Mallu out of kerala. You cant take the Kerala out of the Mallu.
meena said:
thats something to mulllll over the weekend, illa?
amal said:
Simbly Suberb
Priya said:
da linguistically challenged me cudnt get d head, tail or trunk of it tho my mallu better half was quite amused
Souji said:
simbly hillarious!!! oh Gowed!!! how hawe you wridden such a pade(pathe)….nice
pathe said:
M: Yep. I mulld long and hard and gained the nawlage I couldnt find in the Kolage.
P: Ask your mallu half about hose-tel mess MPES idli puck.
S: quite simble. I was thinging hard.
vinoo said:
hmmm
vinoo said:
i am sure u havn’t heard this one.
why does kerala have 100% literacy?
well… all d illiterate mallu’s are out of kerala.
signed – one of them illiterates who jus about managed to read this blog.
and i hope u noticed the nasal twang on hmmm
Basky said:
Great effort: getting the lyrics and strumming them to match the orig. Credits? The lead vocal is definitely Gelf-returned. The video would have been great:
Band: “The Mundu Ensemble”
Location: Nair’s chaayaa kadai
Backdrop: Posters of smiling EMS/Shakeela
Ambience: Smoke from GeneshBeedees….
srini said:
kool. (well close to the twng) What I missed is the liberal use of Zs, Ph in mullinglish. Also do add the file I sent via email to the collection.
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Shail said:
Lol, enjoyed listening to it.