If you have ever mocked a South Indian, please read this before you make the same mistake again.

Here's something that used to tick me off.

When I speak in my native language, which btw, happens to be Malayalam(the native language of the state of Kerala) the first thing people do is laugh and say, "Tu madarasi h?"(Are you a madarasi?)

Back in the day, I used to flip out. How stupid are you to limit the population of five friggin' states into one single city? How did you even identify me as a Tamilian to begin with? And the most important of all, why laugh at the language or accent? Every Indian state has their very own accent. If you're gonna make fun of it, make sure you make fun of each and every one of 'em.

That also reminds me, how "others" find 'South Indians' way of speaking in English funny. People say that we say "M" as "yem". Dude. seriously? No, we don't pronounce '31' as 'tatti bun'. I won't rule out the fact that a handful of us do have an awful pronunciation when it comes to Hindi. And a some South Indians make the gender blunder when speaking in Hindi. Ever wondered why? It's only 'cuz of the fact that, in south Indian languages, the verb is gender neutral, whereas it's not the same case when it comes to Hindi, hence the stupefaction.

Lungi. I don't even need to explain this one. People believe wearing a lungi is funny. First things first, you're a dolt if you think that lungi is lame and ignominious. Lungi is the most comfortable thing you could ever slip into. It's the most practical piece of clothing you could ever wear. Nowadays, they even come with pockets and velcro. Can't complain now, eh?

South Indian food, "everyone" loves it. Each one of you reading this, loves it. If you don't, either your cooking is shit, or the place you had South Indian food from serves unauthentic food. Go eat at a real place.

The coin then falls over South Indian names. "Ramakrishnan Subramaniyam? Address bhi sath me bta dia kya bhai?" Sup with that? I never heard of anyone making fun of muslim names. They too have long names,  Abbasid Caliph Haroun al-Rasheed, never heard anyone make fun of that." Iyer? Hahaha, Madarsi". There's thing I seriously don't get. What's wrong in being a South Indian or a Madrasi? I don't recall South Indians being ugly. After all, many of you find Vidya balan, Asin and Sridevi to be beautiful. Madhavan, Prabhas and others to be handsome.

"Yar South India kaale hote h"(South Indians have dark skin tone).

Okay. first of all, what's wrong with being dark skinned? Talk about double standards you damn hypocrites.

You believe South India is inferior?

Why don't you read about lesser known contributions by south India to India's freedom: Lesser known facts about South India's contribution to India's independence struggle

Other cool stuff South India did but doesn't brag about but I will:

1. Crucuble steel

2. Mysorean Rockets

3. Siddha medicines

4. Kalaripayattu(this form of martial is also said to have influenced Shaolin)

5. Classical Musicals and dance forms famous all over the world.

6. Top tourist spots in India are mostly located in South India.

While we are at it, let's broaden your Madrasi aspect.

These are the actual Southern Indian states.

And yea, my aim is not to praise South Indian states and demean other States.
After all, all the states are part of this great vivid and diverse nation which goes by the name, "India".

All I wished to do was knock out the hypocrite in you.

Khana h south Indian khana

Dekna h south Indian films k remake

Ghumne jana h to bhi chalo South India

Par South India'N' nhi pasand

Wah hypocrisy, badi gazab chiz h tu

Next time around, think before you mock a South Indian.