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To tell you the truth, I'm an individual who's highly biased towards Kerala and its people. I've had this strong affinity towards them since time immemorial. So much so that, whenever anybody speaks against the state or it people, I get disturbed. I’ve come across a lot of people with various stereotypes who’re against my beliefs. My friend from Nagpur (let’s call him ‘Wise Guy’), who works as a coordinator of sorts with various hospitals across Kerala happened to be the cynical detractor this time. Here, I share with you the conversation we had on Facebook chat (I'm still wondering if this was meant to be an affront).

I: Hey wassup bro?

Wise guy: Hi I’m fine. In Trivandrum now.

I: Oh that’s cool. So, till when are you going to be there?

Wise guy: What do you mean by “cool”? I’m dying of the heat and humidity here. And I’ve to be here till March 4th.

I: Hey I said it was cool because you’ve got a chance to see the place.

Wise Guy: Dude I feel like getting out of here. I’ve had enough of Kerala.
I have started “liking” the people living here

I: ha-ha-ha... Then you should probably start searching for a nice girl from Kerala and settle there itself?

Wise Guy: I meant “Disliking”. Not liking.

I: Why what happened? What makes you say so?

Wise Guy: One of the reasons maybe that people here don’t work. Rather they make a lot of noise after doing something simple and make you feel that they’ve done something great. This was what I inferred from working here.

I: Huh???

Wise Guy: People don’t work with the intention of developing the overall organization. They only work for themselves.

I: Ok that’s the issue... You know something? Keralites are one of the most hardworking people when they go to work outside Kerala, but in their own hometowns, they may be like this. I say maybe because not all are like the way you think.

Wise Guy: They don’t even take ownership to the work they did if it happens to be a failure.

I: Dude, have you ever seen Keralites working in the Gulf or other big cities in India? I don’t think anybody else can match up to their work. I think we give the best deal when it comes to hard, fruitful work for a given price.

Wise Guy: I know bro, but I don’t understand one common phenomenon here. Why do women boast so much in this place?

Wise Guy: I find this annoying habit in every working woman I see here.

I: Huh???

Wise Guy: Yeah man. It’s true.

I: Dude it may be only with you that such things are happening. They’re probably bragging because you’re from another state, or they may be trying to impress you ;-)

Wise Guy: Nope man. It’s not only with me.

Wise Guy: Here, people who are in top positions are nothing but liars and all that they want is to grab money from people in some or the other way.

I: Huh???

Wise Guy: Only a few people who are in the topmost positions are sincere in keeping up their words and bound by some principles. Others are just hopeless to work with. Because, you never know when these guys are going to cheat you. I’m telling you my experience.

I: Oh my God! You're getting really passionate about this topic.

Wise Guy: I'm telling you all this because I've met and studied the behaviour of more than a 100 people who are in very good positions in both private and public sector. That’s because I deal with these people on a daily basis.

Wise Guy: Yeah dude, they are like this, they are like that blah blah blah……Strikes, rallies, etc. They’re also bad in this, that, yada yada yada.

Wise Guy: Hey man where are you? Got bored with the foolish topic, eh?

Wise Guy: Hello????

Arjun is offline.


PS: I found many of the above "allegations" surprising. I think every individual has his/her set of biases to justify with and this was just one of those examples. I have never worked in Kerala and that is why I probably don't know of the situation there in this context, but I definitely don't want to create some unwanted and malicious prejudice against it from hearsay or without experiencing it myself. All I know is that I enjoy the place whenever I go there, I enjoy travelling, I enjoy the superfluity of natural beauty, I enjoy the local cuisine, I enjoy the company of my associates there, and I don't think I can ask for anything more. So, as of now, I'm going by only one policy. The policy I'm using for my own reasoning which says- IGNORANCE IS BLISS.