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A popular adage is that there is no place in the world without a Malayalee. So much so, an old joke goes that Neil Armstrong landed on the moon to find a Malayalee running a teashop there!
So, when Ajman resident Manikandan Meloth was gifted 10 acres of land on the moon back in 2008, he came to be associated with the proverbial Malayalee pun. "It was something people always ask," Meloth, a business owner, told Khaleej Times. "Would I go to the moon and start a teashop?" laughed Meloth.
Meloth may be the first Keralite to own real estate on the moon and has a framed copy of his 'Lunar Deed' from the 'Lunar Embassy' proudly adorning on his office walls. His property - titled 'Area F-4, Quadrant Charlie' - is a 10-acre plot of land on the 'Lighted lunar surface'. The property is located three squares south and eight squares east of the extreme Northwest corner of the recognised lunar chart.
"I was not a space enthusiast before being gifted the land on the moon," said Meloth, adding, "A former supplier for my business happened to mention in passing that he could get me some land on the moon as a gift. I thought he was poking fun at me."
Later, he watched a documentary which explained that it is very much possible to buy land on the moon. Within a few weeks, with the help of the same supplier, Meloth became a partial owner of the moon.
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