Hello India, We are Tamilians, Malayalis, Brahmins, And Christian Too! Stop Calling Us ‘œMadraasi’

Ironically, for the rest of the India, especially the macro intelligent breed of North India, all dark looking people from south region of the nation are MADRAASIS!

Anybody who hails from a state that is located towards the lower end of the country has to be addressed as Madraasi, irrespective of what they eat or speak, and how they appear.

Madraasis are black.

Madraasis eat idli-saambhar.

Madraasis wear Kanjiwaram.

And Madraasis speak Ongda Pongda!! Really?

Sadly enough, that is not true at all. Nothing of it!

Please try and be considerate and lend a good understanding to know the South Population a little better and give us our due respect.

1) Madras is nowhere on the map of the entire world. Madras is gone. It is Chennai now! And the entire South-Indian population of the nation DOES NOT / CANNOT live in one single city! There’s Kerala, there’s Andhra Pradesh, there’s Tamil Nadu, there’s Karnataka and now there’s Telangana too! So… No MADRAASIS!

 

2) No we DO NOT eat only and only rice, idli and sambhar! Do all the North Indians eat Butter Chicken and Chole Bhature for all meals of the day/month/year? We are not just IDLI WADA DOSA SAMBAR MADRAASIS!

 

3) Yes we love to dress-up in modern wear and we change our attire as per the situation and occasion, like all other normal people of the planet. I have never seen a South Indian man swimming in a loongi or South Indian Woman horse-riding in a kanjiwaram sari for that matter! We are not just LOONGI MADRAASIS!

 

4) No, all South Indians are NOT BLACK! Not that we are endorsing any kind of racism here, but just to put the point across, we have some really beautiful light-colored South Indians to vouch for their beauty and presence. And moreover, we are a country that believes in “Unity in Diversity”. Color No Bar! Right Folks? We are not just KALA MADRAASIS!

 

5) Hello, are you a Maharashtrian? Yes? You must be a pro at Lawni then? No? Well, then quite understandably all South Indians are not Bharatnatyam Experts! Some of us don’t even get to see a Bharatnatyam Performance in their entire lives! But we sure love bollywood item numbers like you all do! We are not just AYIYO KATAHAKKALI MADRAASIS!

 

6) A Telugu speaking South Indian will have equal amount of difficulty to understand a Malayali or Kanadda movie as a Delhite or a  Punjabi would have to understand a Bengali movie! We DO NOT have a UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE! Hope you know what I mean here! We are not just ONGDA PONGDA MADRAASIS!

 

7) Yes we know how to eat in a civilized manner. We do not eat on banana leaves all the time and WE USE spoons and forks too! We are not just DRIPPING WRIST LICKING MADRAASIS!

 

8) No we haven’t sworn on our Gods to remain the most honest breed on earth. We love a bit of corruption at times when it comes to money making. Ok… Some of us sure are the masters of decadence if that is what brings the fortune! No offence to anyone here! And shhhhh….that was a secret. Don’t go gaga about it. We are NOT just MOST HONEST MADRAASIS!

 

9) Arrey who said we are all uptight about the parties and free lifestyles. We love to go mad dancing on crazy beats and yes we BOOZE, PARTY and have fun like rest of the young generation of the nation. And we enjoy the MUSIC FROM EVERYWHERE. We are not just UPTIGHT RUDE MADRAASIS!

 

10) And lastly folks, no matter how we much are divided by the ethnicities, the languages, the food, the culture or the attires; Inside we stand one, WE INDIANS STAND UNITED! Let us give and receive love. Let us open our hearts to know each other better. No Punjabis, No Madraasis, We are JUST INDIANS!

 

We shall bring you more in HELLO INDIA segment, trying to break the myths about various communities of the nation.

If you wish to put across a point about any other community of our beloved India, please feel free to share and express.