Roshan Dilli - A Campaign To Light Up Public Spaces In Delhi And Make The City Safer For Women
  • Home/
  • Video: German Woman Stuns Cab Driver With Fluent Malayalam, Wins Hearts Online

Video: German Woman Stuns Cab Driver With Fluent Malayalam, Wins Hearts Online

Video: German Woman Stuns Cab Driver With Fluent Malayalam, Wins Hearts Online
Klara has over 171,000 followers on Instagram.

There are several videos that showcase foreigners learning about Indian culture. It could be through art, dance, food or even learning various Indian languages. Now, a video of a German woman effortlessly conversing in Malayalam with a cab driver, leaving him completely surprised, has gone viral on social media. The clip, shared on Instagram, features Klara, a German teacher currently living in India. It shows her stepping into the cab and greeting the driver in Malayalam, instantly catching him off guard. 

"You never have seen anyone speaking in Malayalam?" Klara asks the driver. To this, the cabbie, caught off guard, admits he hasn't. Then, without missing a beat, she starts conversing with him in perfect Malayalam, leading to a friendly, effortless exchange. 

"Talking in Malayalam to Uber drivers always gets me a curious reaction, so I thought I'll film the interaction once," Klara wrote in the caption of the post. 

Watch the video below: 

The video quickly went viral online, with users praising Klara's dedication to learning the language and the cab driver's priceless reaction. 

"Oh wow, you picked up the language and you speak it so smoothly," wrote one user. "Man, I'm jealous. She speaks better than me," humorously confessed another. 

"Your Malayalam is much better than my daughter's. Congratulations and proud of you," expressed a third user. "I need to jump in front of a cycle and die!! You speak more fluently than me!!" jokingly commented a fourth user. 

"Damn, she is speaking well! Even the pronunciations are good!" added another. 

"That's an incredible effort indeed, and to have learned this difficult language..." commented one user. 

Also Read | US Man Who Moved To India 9 Years Ago Shares How His Life Changed For Good. See Post

In her Instagram bio, Klara mentions that she's still learning the language. She regularly shares videos showcasing her Malayalam skills. In one of the videos, she appeared alongside Aparna Mulberry, another German teacher, engaging in a conversation in Malayalam.

Praising Klara's dedication, Mulberry said, "KLARA IN THE HOUSE!!! She learnt Malayalam during the pandemic for the love of it! I'm in AWE of her pronunciation and 'Mallu vibes.'"

Klara has over 171,000 followers on Instagram. 

Share this story on

About The Campaign

NDTV in partnership with UBER is launching a sustained campaign 'Roshan Dilli'  to try and raise safety standards in India's capital, New Delhi.

Our focus is to try and improve lighting in public spaces in the city. Lighting is a key factor in shaping women's perceptions of safety

The initiative will provide a platform for all stakeholders to discuss our goal of improving safety standards, to start a conversation about safety of women in the country

It will also highlight various interventions and solutions that help to make women safe and put the spotlight on what more can be done.

The campaign will accentuate the need for Safety to be a shared responsibility

The need for gender sensitization and how law enforcement and civil society through checks and education can try and make women safer

We hope you will join us and help make New Delhi a safer city for women.

Latest Videos