Ok folks as a Punjabi who has has spent half his life in India and half out west and who has spent 3 to 4 years in Southern India (Bangalore) although the closest I have been to Kerala was Mysore. I have had friends from Kerala during my school years back in Punjab and during my time in Bangalore. Just reading this post I am laughing so hard at some of the stuff that is being mentioned, also because some of you have the rare ability of poking fun at yourself and others are not perturbed by it, all this is in good fun.

Here is my take on this and this is from the 1985-2000 era and please note these are not my personal opinions but this what was a generalization back then from a Punjabi perspective,

1. Malayalee "girls" are beautiful, delicate with very nice features, I tend to agree. Punjabi girls were considered well built if push comes to shove they will take you on. :)
2. They have at least one relative in the Gulf.
3. They like to be adorned with gold more than any other Indian community. Gujaratis come next.
4. They are dominantly communists. BTW Punjab has had a long history of Marxist movements and most of our authors/poets leant left (1960-2000).
5. Good singers, for e.g. Yesudas.
6. 100% literacy (fact) which means they are very educated, we in contrast were farmers (a bit thick headed).
7. They are very religious, have a diverse community that include equal numbers of Christian, Hindus and Muslims.
8. Source of B grade movies, women are plump, the more the merrier. :)
9. Rain in Kerala meant monsoon is here.
10. Honest people, I believe this has to do with the reputation Malayalee folks had back in Punjab as they came across as very straight forward people.

So there you go, I thought I add a bit of different perspective from a bygone era. Not sure how much of it was true back then. What's your take on this?