what is love?

the content of this blog is taking a very political hue. "gosh, that is not me"- parashu said. it sounds bitter. looks like you hate communists, trade unions, communalists, malayala manorama group. parashu didnt leap forward to defend himself.
"what do you want me to talk about?" - parashu
how about love and associated feelings?
parashu smiled the parashu smile- "i think you need to take a break, go visit some porn sites, but come back soon"

utopia, mahabali and marx

utopia, we are the people who believed in it. every year we celebrate it and sing this song into the psyche of all generations to be born out of this land.

"during the reign of king mahabali people were all equal.
life was joyeous and was free from calamities.
no lies, no cheating nor was there any false promises
life was good"

which is why lenin, marx, and che are still painted our walls.
we will always buy Utopia, does not matter which name it comes in. communism, marxism, or in the future as communalism.

trivia-
Kerala has the distinction of being the first place in the world to democratically elect a communist government.

B/BOKs

The first word Parashu spoke to me was 'Tenny, i want you to write for me'.
That was on our very first meeting. I smirked in reaction.
I also noticed that he wore very distinct smelling deodorant which
was definite smell of Axe.

i dont have it in me to write. i have been with writers and blogumists
but that had nothing to do with words. writing is a different game.
if i could write i would have written the script for a feature film
which i would direct.

there was a gap of 3 weeks before i bumped into him again.
when he told me that actually he would dictate and all i had to do was
make notes. and that he wanted someone who could write at the speed
of his thoughts.

between our last meeting and this time i did some detective work.
Sherlock informed me that Parashu was a B/BOK!!! In fact the very
first B/BOK. Born/Brought up Outside Kerala.

B/BOK was as per reports in malayalam feature films, television and malayala
manorama weekly, were seen as rich people, who wore bermudas and spoke
in malayalam with a heavy english mix. The had little brains, were naive.
Survived on sandwich and cola. Being seen as friends with them would
mean inviting scorns from your brethren's- I was warned.

I agreed to write for Parashu, i dont know why i did that, must have
been the 'axe effect'.

Buddhas and the Shankaracharya

What is the origin of 'palli', sloped tile roof,
Kathakali, Kalaripayatu and iddiyappam?....
read ahead and find out

Shankaracharya (A.D. 700?-750?), also known as Shankara,
was a Hindu philosopher. His most important works were
his commentaries on the Vedas, the sacred writings of Hinduism.
Shankaracharya was born in Kerala, southern India.
He practiced self-denial and learned to give up worldly pleasures
and comforts early in life. He devoted himself to study,
philosophical discussion, and religious teaching.
He became a wandering scholar, and his fame spread
throughout India. During his journeying, Shankaracharya
established four great monasteries-in Badrinath in the Himalaya,
Shringeri in Mysore, Dwarka in western India, and
Puri in eastern India.
                                - Politically correct history

Parashu told me that...
the buddhist from the north
and himalayan kingdom came to the southern strip.
Were the buddhists fleeing persecution or just
found their promised land- and much needed solitude?
This will always remain a matter of speculation.
The monks found caves that were ideal
for meditation. fruits and water were plenty,
philosophy thrived.

These monks from the northern hills
brought with them their unique concepts like that of
'Palli', sloped tile roof structures, natural medicines,
mask operas with breath control (the bases of techniques
used in Koodiyattam and later Kathakali).
Around this time Buddhism, Kalaripayatu etc
were exported from here via the silk route
to south east asia and China in exchange
for Iddiappam and fish. (fishing nets).

Shankaracharya from Kaladi defeated the buddhists in
debates and converted their 'pallis' into temples as
per vedic rites. After which he went on a cross country,
and formed maths in various places in India
and hinduism became an organised religion.
The defeated Buddhas left Kerala.

Many years down the timeline, around the 1900s
another traveling swami, by the name Vivekananda
described this land which by then was practicing
some of the worst forms of discrimination based on
religion and castes, as 'a mad house of religions'

                                        
                

Pop history - Pre history

The early inhabitants of kerala
must have been the dravidians
who were chased down south by the aryans.
They stayed in the jungles, hunting for food and
worshiped ancestors, nature & snakes.

These indigenous people were later seen
living on the mountain ghats:
They must have been happy, sad, living.
But to the rest of Kerala...
cinema portrayed them as exploited victims of the
'civilized people' or practicing witch craft and being
less intelligent, and dancing around fire performing
strange rituals over seen by the one eyed 'Moopan' (the elder).
In media there are stories of there land
being taken away, their environment encroached
their protests with bow and arrows taking on
the rifles of Kerala Police.
__________

Parashu asks:
"how about story of an adivasi super hero...?
how about story of a cruel psychopath adivasi who invades the city...?

Its time to expand the stereotype of the adivasis.
come on guys can we have more on the list...
who needs sympathy..."
____________

Circa the 15th century people in Europe sympathized at the plight
of the Asians and Africans still living a life that was unlike theirs
'full of misery and darkness'. They resolved to save asia and africa.

The Keraliya vs Malayalee psyche

(malayalam in its current form was engineered
about little more than a century ago)

After Parashuram plunged his
axe in, to form the fertile 'Keralam' ,
as if in a time-lapse shot the thick topical jungle
grew up on that narrow strip,
Cut off from the rest
of the Indian land mass, it then became home
to wild creatures.

snakes, tigers, elephants, hornbills...

Dangerous land was perfect cover for people
who ran away their land in search of a better world.
The single most prominent trait the malayalee shows
till this day!!

People came to this land for all reasons right and wrong.
The dravidians came in fleeing the aryan invasion,
The sages/ munis for meditation, the sanskrit reading
bhramins from beyond the ghats who came and set up temples
(will have to still find out why they came here)
the arab traveler, Thomas and the syrians to spread teachings
of Jesus and their church, the chinese, the europeans for trade
you could add more to that list yourself. There are even
stories of africans who were bought in by the europeans
as slaves who got assimilated into the population.
All of them have lend their philosophies, sperms and eggs
to make up the present Kerala.

There is a Keraliya psyche lost beneath
the new malayalee psyche
created by marxist communists and
media tribe of Malalyala Manorama.

Parshu to Guardians of 'Malayalee culture'

"O keepers of malayalee traditions & purity answer me this,
Where did the sperms that fertilized the tribe come from?
Stop thumping your hardened chests and crying about
influences of other alien cultures...
Realize that
Your mother was being impregnated through the ages...
your fathers are from many nations- chinese, arab, jew,
greek, roman, egyptians, aborigines, africans and sundry...
Don't shame your good mother, who has never
chased away anyone who came to her: As her sons and
daughters dont defile her womb by taking the name of
cultural purity"
                                        - Songs of Parashu

Malayalees have traces of all races in their gene pool.
Notice that malayalees have a mix and match of many physical features:
straight haired, curly haired, light skinned,
dark skinned, small eyed, large eyed, high cheek boned,
sharp nose, long nose, black eye, light eyed, short, tall...
(only give away today being, the hair factor-
mandatory thick mustache and coconut oiled hair)

"Kerala was claimed from the sea
by the axe of 'Parashuram'
along the south western coast of india"
This legend is the first chapter
in the books of many historians who have traced
Kerala history.

The origin of Kerala is shrouded in mystery like the
thick tropical forest that once covered the land.

(pop history of Kerala to be continued...)