Rich North South Divide Part I
You listen to a conversation at an Engineering college canteen,you are bound to hears phrases such as,"Dude!She's a northie!" or "Muh dekhkar hi pata chal raha hai,Southie hai" or "In South waalo ka problem kya hai?" and stuff like that even on the BB you come across posts such as "Accomodation Available,preferably North Indians"What is it that divides the North Indians from the South Indians , from each other is more like it?I have been trying to dig into this for quite sometime now.There are many axioms that do their rounds in India.One of the most famous fads you would hear would be that girls from north are prettier and dress better than their counterparts froms the southern peninsula.South Indians are better in mathematics than the 'northies','Northies' are more extrovert and outgoing than people from the south,'South Indians' are not as good in business as the 'northies' but 'south indians' rule the service sector(Software, more so). There are a few fads many of which are ironically true.Reasons? I don't know,it is not just my personal experience but you can always do an analysis and extrapolate the results.I've tried to bust a few of these fads.
History:North India has been ravaged by scores of invaders,as a result they were exposed to many different cultures.You would find smaller traces of their indigenous cultures,not that there are not any but compare it to South Indian cultures,these people have been far more rigid and orthodox in their approach since the rulers also in this part have been majorily Indians but for a few like the Nizams ofcourse.
Modern History:Of all the freedom fighters we know the freedom struggle was not that active in the south.South India had its share of contributions but was lesser than what we had from the north.So,the share of south indians in the first cabinet was also less.It was not until parties like the NTR led TDP and the DMK and all that the people at the center started taking the south indians seriously.So came the myth that south indians are not that active/extrovert/outgoing and are a bit taciturn in nature.Which to an extent is true.e.g. South Indian shaadis don't have baraat,sangeet and all and stuff like that.
Geography:The fact that the northern part of India shares its borders with as many as seven countries but there's no foreign country near our southern part but for our near neighbor Sri Lanka,which is not that different from us wrt culture.So,south indian families and traditions are more orthodox and there is lesser quotient of cultural diversity,they are not that comforatble with people from other cultures and their eating habits.
Gastronomy:Again the same problem,people in south india are comfortable with south indian food,people from north india cannot even stand south indian food.But this would not be a divide as such it is just the diversity of cultures we are proud of.
History:North India has been ravaged by scores of invaders,as a result they were exposed to many different cultures.You would find smaller traces of their indigenous cultures,not that there are not any but compare it to South Indian cultures,these people have been far more rigid and orthodox in their approach since the rulers also in this part have been majorily Indians but for a few like the Nizams ofcourse.
Modern History:Of all the freedom fighters we know the freedom struggle was not that active in the south.South India had its share of contributions but was lesser than what we had from the north.So,the share of south indians in the first cabinet was also less.It was not until parties like the NTR led TDP and the DMK and all that the people at the center started taking the south indians seriously.So came the myth that south indians are not that active/extrovert/outgoing and are a bit taciturn in nature.Which to an extent is true.e.g. South Indian shaadis don't have baraat,sangeet and all and stuff like that.
Geography:The fact that the northern part of India shares its borders with as many as seven countries but there's no foreign country near our southern part but for our near neighbor Sri Lanka,which is not that different from us wrt culture.So,south indian families and traditions are more orthodox and there is lesser quotient of cultural diversity,they are not that comforatble with people from other cultures and their eating habits.
Gastronomy:Again the same problem,people in south india are comfortable with south indian food,people from north india cannot even stand south indian food.But this would not be a divide as such it is just the diversity of cultures we are proud of.
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