Mama...Kallu Mama

Kalla. Babban. Dambar. Karu. Karuchatty. Karuvachi. Karuvaaya. All synonymous to our "brotha's from otha' motha's", the African Americans. Their style and persona have sparked many an inspiration in a Desi's lifestyle. With their pants on the ground, oversized kurta-like tall Ts, dog tags and basketball shoes they are a class apart when it comes to fashion. And who can forget the braided hair? Braids look so awesome on them that I'm willing to cash in all my paychecks to produce the "Braidy Bunch" (I know, I'm sorry, but I just can't help it!). Modified Devilles or Mercuries with shining, fulminant alloys and woofers no match to an earthquake in Sumatra, our kallas set the streets on fire. And whoever thought a heavy bass note and beats that any beat box could produce mixed in with a cacaphonous bunch of cuss-words could be music? If ever someone could pull it off, it has to be our mo-frats! You don't see a tamil song with a dhandanakka in a loop and a pallavi, anupallavi and charanam of "kundithevidia"s and "pundamavane"s topping the charts now do you? They haven't even left jewelery alone adding their own twist to accessorizing. Who would have ever thought of jewelery for the teeth? Soon, all Kalla weddings will have golden teeth exchanged instead of rings. Their language is such that they make a dyslexic kid feel proud of his condition. What is more thoughtful than empathy I ask. Their names are so awesome that I'm naming my kids Booker and Shinikua or forcefully bestowing them on my friends kids if I don't have any. Those kids sure would grow up as icons! Who wouldn't with names like Booker "Big G" Iyer or Shinikua "Pretty P" Pillai? And as an icing in the cake, every kid is born with six pack abs and a body to die for or a "well endowed", sculpted figure that would get Hrithik and Bipasha drooling.

So here it is. An ode to the Kallas! Who do what they do. Peace out!

Disclaimer - I don't have a house, or a laptop, or any money. My credit card is maxed out and I forgot the pin to my Debit Account. Just so you think of vandalizing my house with a couple of Air Guns after reading this.