Friday, May 26, 2006

Hotel Kerala-fonia

On the road to Trivandrum
Coconut oil in my hair
Warm smell of avial
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a bright pink tube-light
My tummy rumbled, I felt weak and thin
I had to stop for a bite
There he stood in the doorway
Flicked his mundu in style
And I was thinking to myself
I don't like the look of his sinister smile
Then he lit up a petromax
Muttering "No power today"
More Mallus down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel Kerala-fonia
Such a lousy place,
Such a lousy place (background)
Such a sad disgrace,
Plenty of bugs at the Hotel Kerala-fonia
Any time of year
Any time of year (background)
It's infested here
It's infested here

His finger's stuck up his nostril
He's got a big, thick mustache
He makes an ugly, ugly noise
But that's just his laugh
Buxom girls clad in pavada
Eating banana chips
Some roll their eyes, and
Some roll their hips
I said to the manager
My room's full of mice
He said,
Don't worry, saar,I sending you
meen karri, brandy and ice
And still those voices were crying from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them pray

Save us from the Hotel Kerala-fonia
Such a lousy place,
Such a lousy place (background)
Such a sad disgrace
Trying to live at the Hotel Kerala-fonia
It is no surprise
It is no surprise (background)
That it swarms with flies

The blind man was pouring
Stale sambar on rice
And he said
We are all just actors here
In Silk Smitha-disguise
And in the dining chamber
We gathered for the feast
We stab it with our steely knives
But we just can't cut that beef
Last thing I remember
I was writhing on the floor
That cockroach in my appam-stew was the culprit,
I am sure
Relax, said the watchman
This enema will make you well
And his friends laughed as they held me down
God's Own Country? Oh, Hell! *

Thanks to Vivek who forwarded this to me.
Disclaimer: I found this funny and irreverent and absolutely do not intend to hurt anyone's feelings. In this era of idiotic lawsuits and multi-million dollar payouts for "causing mental trauma", who knows?

14 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is so much better than the original. Or maybe not. But definitely worth a standing ovation.

Now your next movie will not be shown in Kerala though.

26/5/06 4:25 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hehe...from my travels through kerala I found quite a bit of it ringing true...this was definitely worth a rare mass mail to everyone in my addressbook...

26/5/06 8:26 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was reading the thing and thinking you had transformed into a ballad writer before the disclaimer saved the day. bangalore seems to have got you in the groove though.. will drop by later.

27/5/06 9:51 AM

 
Blogger Tapasya said...

Quite a nice version of Hotel California. It is true to some extent, but I guess that all this is the real charm of South India. Its not all that bad(i was born in Madras! Lol).

Nice Post. Enjoyed it.

PS. I recently read Sambhar of '69...wanna read?

27/5/06 2:39 PM

 
Blogger Phoenix said...

worth a laugh, but yes, who knows!!

28/5/06 4:02 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

LOL.

28/5/06 4:14 PM

 
Blogger Robert Frust said...

[arnav] Then I might as well include this song in the film's OST.

[vivek] Thank you once again.

[shivam] I wish this was mine!

[tapasya] Of course it's not. I want so much to go to Kerala, by Konkan Rail. Heard it's heavenly.

[phoenix, ph] :)

29/5/06 3:32 PM

 
Blogger The Reader said...

You seem to have a lot of time on your hands, dont you

30/5/06 2:52 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

[aidoneus] I just posted this. I didn't write this!

30/5/06 4:47 PM

 
Blogger N David said...

This is an insult.

I, on behalf of all tolerant mallu's will make sure that your blog is banned in Kerala. Until you issue a public apology we will not use any product or service endorsed by you including this blog.

Wait till I sue you for mental trauma.. dude.

31/5/06 2:09 AM

 
Blogger inhas said...

my first reaction midway was, this is his best piece so far.. only the disclaimer proved me otherwise.. nice one thoughviu

31/5/06 9:28 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

this is good one.

1/6/06 6:49 AM

 
Blogger Suhel Banerjee said...

Hey Robert Frust,

I was randomly going across blogs and then came across yours. In fact it was quite interesting to hold my otherwise feeble attention for three posts and the links on the right. And then on clicking the link called 'Abhinav' I find my inquizzitivegoogle Quiz blog there!! I am very happy to know that you follow the blog so regularly but I am at a complete loss to understand why is it named after one Abhinav?? You can mail me back at suhel.banerjee@gmail.com

Good Work with the blog, keep it up:)

13/6/06 2:49 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

..wow a great piece.. i cudn't stop scrapping it on orkut to other frnds at trivandrum having nasty time with TCS training there..lols

n i too was rating it ur best piece till now until i read the disclaimer...but i have faith tht in future we will definitely get to see smthng even better frm ur pen..or keyboard..

15/6/06 4:27 PM

 

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