well i am not surprised to see lots of people offendded by the thread and mostly people who have suffred some sort of problems from keralites, but is that a good point to bash a community. then the points mentioned above are not a good reason to be proud about too. India is a very diversified country with each state has its own positive and negative sides . i saw some one commenting on eating with hands, do remeber a well washed hand is always cleaner than a spoon provided by the hotel and dont be silly to think that the manners followed by you are the best . once a chinese was sitting in U.N head qarters cofee shop and was drinking tea , he was sipping tea and the tea was hot so he made a little sound while sipping, the american who sat near to him was offended and asked him why dont you drink your tea in the right way , to this the chinese asked who discovered cup and saucer , american - chinese , again who discovered tea, american --- chinese , so dont come and teach us how to use things which we discovered . do not blindly follow western cultures thinking that it is the best , take the best out of every culture , forget the bad things.