The Mallu Connection

The friend of mine recently observed that the only thing that did attract a "Mallu " ,had to be (a) Mallu . Although I could contradict her views citing my obsession with Deepika Padukone , Aloo Paratha ,Rasgullas and a host of other "non Mallu" creations , I quipped if she did have a point .
After a bit of soul searching and introspection , I realized that not only had she hit the bull's eye ,but also posed a question that I could never answer.

1.Although I was put in a room comprising a Tambi ,a Kandu and an MP guy in my first year at coll(gosh, we did have fun!!! ) at the extensively guarded Agate hostel, I made up for that in the next three. In my second year, I had two in my room , and an other eight in my adjacent rooms(of couse , Mallus) ,and we occupied the top corner of Jade,famous for its water shortages and soaring temperatures .And in the third year , we demanded an entire wing at Lapis , so we never felt "insecure " even while walking all the way to the toilet . Speaking of toilets, its been a blessing here at Lapis , considering the use of the flush and the tap was taboo for my wing mates at Agate and Jade .

2.The last three girls I tried to hit on were Mallus , and the only one I ever dated was a Mallu too. Its not that I never cast my eyes on girls of other origin , its just that things got moving only if it fulfilled that all important condition. In fact I can remember having asked every girl I have met till date of her nativity if I did not know already.

3.42% of the all the songs on my laptop are Mallu ,although I never have played through the entire collection . From the timeless collections of Wayalar , to the latest releases , I have them all .I frantically search for updates to my collection,every time I connect to the lan (Now is no time to discuss how many hours I remain connected or how many GBs I share on the lan !!!)

4.The last time I dined out with a non mallu was 7 months ago ,and although Bhoot has been insisting on a "First year Room Reunioin" for long , I still have not been able to get that going . Frankly , the last time he did ask me , I was down with a bout of L.M ,after having gorged at the totally "Tambi " Dhaba the previous night

5.I made it a point to cheer for Sreeshanth , every time he ran into ball , and in spite of all the thrashings he received and all the crap he got involved in , I remain loyal to the "budding star" from God's own country. I even have a clip of his all important catch at the 20-20 finals on my comp.

6.My phone may have numbers of the Mallus in the P.G courses , but there are people in my own batch I have hardly spoken to in 3 years .

7.All the teams I have been in , in 3 years at coll , was labeled the Mallu team , or at least the majority of my team mates were Mallus

8.The last non Mallu movie I watched at a theatre was "DUS" , alhough I would attribute that to the exhaustive pirated movie collecton that our hostel lan flaunts of.

9.Inspite of having traveled all over India , I believe Kochi is the most happening city and Thodupuzha the most beautiful place in the country .

10.To top it all ,I love it when there's a hartal, a fight or even the slightest uprising against the most insignificant of things . I love to be loud , I love to swear at the top of my voice .I can't sleep without sitting through a power cut and I simply enjoy chaos ,all of which reminds me of my dear land while I get baked in the
"Desert Sands of NIT Trichy "