10 Reasons why we all need a South Indian Friend in our lives

Bollywood may have shaken out of its slumber and extended an olive branch to the South of India when it realized the potential for rip-offs, but if you haven't found yourself a South Indian friend yet, then for the sake of the Thalaiva, you need to remedy that pronto - So that you can find out just how severely your life, and your taste buds, have been lacking. Here are 10 reasons why your friend circle will never be complete without at least one bonafide South Indian:

1. Idlis, dosas, sambhar, medu vadas... There's good food, there's amazing food and there's authentic South Indian cuisine. It's still a mystery how they make it through the day without being mugged, given that they just pack a tiny portion of heaven in their dabba daily.

2. They are a dab hand at mathematics and science. While sitting next to them in class will make you feel about as brainy as Alia Bhatt, if you have a South Indian friend, you'll never have to worry about where to source your cheatsheets from. Because they are generous like that.

3. Working with them on projects is almost always accompanied with an invitation for lunch to sample some authentic South Indian cuisine with some authentic South Indian hospitality.

4. Plus, did you know that your brain cells work at double their normal speed when you have the inviting smells of crisp dosas wafting in? You didn't? We didn't either, coz we just made that up. Seeing as our mathematical and scientific senses aren't as blessed, we won't bother trying to prove it. Take our word on this one and thank us later.

5. They've got good fashion sense stamped all over their genes. Spend a month with a South Indian, and you'll be able to tell your original Kanjeevaram from the cheap knock-offs.

6. If Sridevi, Asin and Ileana D'Cruz and are anything to go by, they are pretty blessed in the looks department as well.

7. If you've been a good friend, you'll probably be invited for Pongal, Ugadi or Onam. And if you've been a really good friend, you'll probably be able to score an invite for a typical South Indian wedding, brimming with more yum food that'll leave your stomach happy and some serious lookers for cousins who'll leave your eyes happy. Win-win.

8. They are open-minded citizens, coming from a land that boasts of the highest literacy rates, whose civic sense and keen sensitivity to racial issues will rub off on you.

9. Given the myriad number of internal dialects they possess, you can occasionally be forgiven for not grasping what they say, which greatly reduces the potential for fights. Unless of course, you make the grave mistake of trying to pass off the origin of Kathakali from Tamil Nadu instead of Kerala. Rohit Shetty, they are coming from you.

10. They hail from the land of the singularly awesome Rajinikanth. Need we say any more?

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