Namaskaram
For the uninitiated, for
those who are not from the God’s own country, the title of the blog is how we
essentially wish each other. I would rather say that is how we are supposed to
wish each other. But we never do!
The protocol says we fold our hands in reverence and keep it
close to our chest just like people do in any other state. But in Kerala these
days, nobody does it. At the max, one might keep the right hand closer to chest
and say a timid incomprehensible “Namaskaram undu” of course at the risk of
being counted as a 90’s being.
The protocol says we fold our hands in reverence and keep it
close to our chest just like people do in any other state. But in Kerala these
days, nobody does it. At the max, one might keep the right hand closer to chest
and say a timid incomprehensible “Namaskaram undu” of course at the risk of
being counted as a 90’s being.
Blame it on the excess of education; the youngsters very rarely
use this form of salutation. Worse, it is said in a way which is more a taunt
than a way of wishing someone.
There are many such trivial yet interesting aspects that concerns a malayali. More such facets in the later blogs :)
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