Aaaah kerala, why I go away from you.... Cuz I love coming back to you. We, north Indians or the rest of Indians other than southern peninsula have a stereotypical image of Kerala . Before coming here I too had a typical image like a normal mumbaiite. The name kerala or a 'malayali ' would by default make me visualize rows and rows of coconut trees by a river and potbellied, moustached, bulky man who is ready to fold his lungi at a drop of a 'drop'. My dear non-Malayali friends Kerala in fact defies all stereo types. Seeing Kerala as a visitor by the kayals in the boats houses and devouring dosas and savouring Allepy fish curry are different from observing the real malayalis and from living and breathing the real Kerala. My shattered stereotypes go like this : There is UNIFORMITY. Yes there is so much of uniformity that binds this region beyond religion. A Hindu cooks another Hindu serves beef in the mess without even giving a thought to what it may mean to