My rendezvous with the south of India!!!

Hello people…this blog was pending for a real long time…better late than never…I would not say sorry cos its not written in any SOP that I have to write a blog regularly J….moreover, no one reads my blog, so its OK!!!!
This would contemplate on my life in south India..I have been living in Hyderabad for more than 2 years now…and I think it’s a civilized place. As a north Indian, at the outset, it was tricky for me to get accustomed to this place….i mean who expects grated coconut and curry leaves on his spicy “aloo chat”, who can eat rice throughout the day, who wears a black, leather jacket in the middle of the summer afternoon (benefit of doubt..may be the guy had malaria and was feeling the chill), who would appreciate discriminating parents who name their daughters jahnwi, tejaswini (sweet names..hai na)…and their sons Parthsarthi Nallagangul (Paratha for short..worst still “nalla”) etc etc.
Anyways, the time to brood is over and I think I have adjusted (my southie friends would say..yeah…right!!!). I have understood now that to differentiate between two cultures, there can be countless differences used to divide them, but the real tough part is to find harmony and appreciate the differences.
So lets have some light hearted fun and not take anything to heart...
India is a great and huge country and we have divided it into 5 parts: North, South, East, West, and Central. The general impression is that: The North always fight and is rude, the South does the work and has all the brains, the East has a huge vocabulary and likes to use it lock, stock and barrel (a subtle way to say that they talk a lot), the West which makes all the money, and Central goes everywhere to make money!!
Lets dig a bit more and see some differences (plz do not take it to heart..i would again reiterate that these are general/typical examples):

North Indian: Speaks Hindi, eats Roti/Sabji
South Indian: Speaks either Tamil/Malayalam/Telugu/Kannada and relies on Rice/Curry


North Indian: Drinks Tea in its avatar called "Chai"
South Indian: Drinks Coffee in its avatar called "Filter Kapi"

North Indian: Always uses words in rhymes...Pizza/Vizza, Picture/Victure, Khanna/Vanna, Chai/Vai, OK you get the picture/victure right..
South Indian: Always uses words like Saar/Garu/Raa/Daa/Super...

North Indian: Abuses directed at your Poor Sister typically.. she will probably commit suicide, if she hears that...
South Indian: Abuses directed at your lineage typically..Anyway most of them are dead by that time..

North Indian: Believes that all Indians should speak Hindi compulsorily
South Indian: Believes that there is no need for Hindi


North Indian: Goes Crazy about Amitabh/Sharukh and goes crazy about Punjabi Songs
South Indian: Goes Crazy about Rajnikanth/Chiru and chiru’s songs (here in Hyderabad) with high pitched Whistling

North Indian: Believes that Pakistan is the ultimate enemy (go to Mohali if u want to believe)
South Indian: Will give a standing ovation to a Pakistani team that beats India in Cricket..

North Indian: Never Seen or Been to South India..Mostly relies on words of other people like him to stereotype Southies..
South Indian: Never Seen or Been to North India..Mostly relies on words of other people like him to stereotype Northies..

North Indian: Better Built because the local Cow gets to eat good quality grass and delivers 9% Fat Content Milk
South Indian: Thin and lanky because the local Cow gets to eat only hay and all the milk inside gets dehydrated because of the sun..The Buffalo gets even more heated because of the black hide..

North Indian: Has seen Summer and Winter and Spring and Rains
South Indian: Has seen Hotter Summer and Warm Winter

North Indian: Wants to woo a girl by money, 6 packs, chivalry
South Indian: Wants to woo a girl by explaining how non-linear differential equations of 3rd order can be used to model the human locomotion!

North Indian: Name their sons Bobby, Vicky, Rahul, etc..
South Indian: Name their sons Goundamani, Ponnalagusamy, etc..

North Indian: Believes that Ganga/Yamuna and other rivers are holy but never bothers to keep them clean..
South Indian: Fight over the Kaveri..forget the holy/clean part about it..

North Indian: Master at Bureaucracy and politics/In Fighting
South Indian: Master at being a good committed worker under someone else

North Indian: Makes Fun of the South Indian
South Indian: Makes Fun of the North Indian

There is never enough time for Dividing People. We have people who are doing this job and spending all their life in finding reasons to divide (those F----- politicians), instead lets acknowledge that there are differences all around us and let’s try and appreciate them and look for common grounds..
Hope you had a good laugh…let’s get on with it friends!