Having travelled to many places if you ask me which is the place i love the most it is kerala . Blessed with natures beauty and being a nature lover i love the place be it the lush beaches of kovalam , the hills of munnar or the backwaters of alleppey .
But if you ask me the people whom i love the most i would not say the people of kerala . Dont get me wrong i love my relatives , my teachers and my friends here and i too am a keralite but to put it in a few words i hate kerala society . There are numerous examples to highlight why i feel so but the latest example is the public humiliation and voyeuristic attitude of the media towards my classmate Dr . Yamini .
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-03/kochi/38247458_1_nonbailable-offence-complaint-intimidation
These things including wife abuse happens everywhere in the world but what makes kerala unique is the great public interest in other peoples affairs by general public . Newpapers and tv flooded by speculations and discussions of a topic which is between a husband and wife ( She unfortunately is married to a minister ) which should have been handled sensitively was blown out of proportion by the media and lapped up by a section of kerala soceity who is voyeuristic more than any other soceity .
Right from the morning newspaper in the regional language which is disproportionately filled with gossip news ( i have compared this with mumbai newpapers and kuwaiti newspapers ) i often doubt whether the media create the sick kerala mind or vice versa . As i have blogged earlier at least once a week kerala is rocked by sex scandals in which numerous people are implicated . And we should remember that kerala is known for great morality because till recent times a boy and a girl going out together was itself a cause for scandal .
A few months back i was travelling in Punjab and in the bus i met a Sikh . I wanted to ask him about the great punjabi extra large alcohol consumption (they have 90 ml measure instead of 60 ml just like their large lassi ) . But instead the well read man told me .. brother your state people leads in percapita consumption of alcohol . Having state controlled alcohol trade as keralites dont want to publicly acknowledge this vice i was thinking how this is true . Then i remembered the long queues in front of the state owned liquor shops where people compensate by drinking more . In mumbai and more civilised parts i have seen liquor served in many decent restaurants and people consume it in moderation .
Lastly whenever i travel back to kerala after my out of kerala travels almost always i witness a fight often verbal over simple trivial things . Not that these dont occur at other places but here petty fights by well educated people is so frequent that i find the contrast stark when i travel back every week from other states .
Now all my facebook friends dont think that this is about them for a well travelled or well exposed malayali is a great individual who has liberal views . But if you are well educated but still narrow minded it would be good if you stay out of other peoples homes ... because often your home itself is on fire ....
Like a keralite anecdote " It is fun to watch when someone elses mother goes crazy " . Remember your turn will come too ......
But if you ask me the people whom i love the most i would not say the people of kerala . Dont get me wrong i love my relatives , my teachers and my friends here and i too am a keralite but to put it in a few words i hate kerala society . There are numerous examples to highlight why i feel so but the latest example is the public humiliation and voyeuristic attitude of the media towards my classmate Dr . Yamini .
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-03/kochi/38247458_1_nonbailable-offence-complaint-intimidation
These things including wife abuse happens everywhere in the world but what makes kerala unique is the great public interest in other peoples affairs by general public . Newpapers and tv flooded by speculations and discussions of a topic which is between a husband and wife ( She unfortunately is married to a minister ) which should have been handled sensitively was blown out of proportion by the media and lapped up by a section of kerala soceity who is voyeuristic more than any other soceity .
Right from the morning newspaper in the regional language which is disproportionately filled with gossip news ( i have compared this with mumbai newpapers and kuwaiti newspapers ) i often doubt whether the media create the sick kerala mind or vice versa . As i have blogged earlier at least once a week kerala is rocked by sex scandals in which numerous people are implicated . And we should remember that kerala is known for great morality because till recent times a boy and a girl going out together was itself a cause for scandal .
A few months back i was travelling in Punjab and in the bus i met a Sikh . I wanted to ask him about the great punjabi extra large alcohol consumption (they have 90 ml measure instead of 60 ml just like their large lassi ) . But instead the well read man told me .. brother your state people leads in percapita consumption of alcohol . Having state controlled alcohol trade as keralites dont want to publicly acknowledge this vice i was thinking how this is true . Then i remembered the long queues in front of the state owned liquor shops where people compensate by drinking more . In mumbai and more civilised parts i have seen liquor served in many decent restaurants and people consume it in moderation .
Lastly whenever i travel back to kerala after my out of kerala travels almost always i witness a fight often verbal over simple trivial things . Not that these dont occur at other places but here petty fights by well educated people is so frequent that i find the contrast stark when i travel back every week from other states .
Now all my facebook friends dont think that this is about them for a well travelled or well exposed malayali is a great individual who has liberal views . But if you are well educated but still narrow minded it would be good if you stay out of other peoples homes ... because often your home itself is on fire ....
Like a keralite anecdote " It is fun to watch when someone elses mother goes crazy " . Remember your turn will come too ......
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