This image that a buddy of mine emailed me, had me in splits yesterday. It is hilarious if you are like me a Mallu (who is a person whose mother-tongue is Malayalam or has his ethnic roots to the southern Indian state of Kerala). There is an old joke among Mallus that wherever on earth you go, you are likely to see a Mallu there. Other Indian ethnic diasporas like Punjabis, Bengalis, Gujaratis etc can be found in large numbers in various parts of the world. With Mallus, they are supposed to have permeated to every corner of the world, maybe not in large hordes.
The epitome of this Mallu omnipresence happened when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and was all set to make his famous speech, when a Mallu tea shop dude interrupted him and asked if he would like some tea and snacks. Of course, you'll enjoy this joke much more if you were a Mallu.
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