02-05-2006, 12:35 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-ben_ami+Feb 3 2006, 12:40 PM-->QUOTE(ben_ami @ Feb 3 2006, 12:40 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->is dravidianism different from dravidian supremacism??
since the last 7-8 years or so, ever since bangalore and the hyderabad and chennai became IT hubs, there has been umpteen reports of a new found arrogance, a swagger, based on arguements down the lines of "we have bangalore and you have bihar", and/or "look at literracy rates in kerela and madhya pradesh" etc.
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ben ami well you are right on the swagger part , just to show a example you can often see fights on sulekha even among the more educated , centre of right followers also.
at the very outset , for me a indian is a indian period. no north south nonsense.
the views below are what i gather from the people who behave in the above fashion despite having a balanced view on other topics.
1.The origins of the dravidian movement no doubt misguided and influenced by communists impostors , were also a backlash to the imli pani wala tag put on the southies by the northies , many movies including early bollywood ones poked fun at the accent of the people down south and also picked on the supposedly weaker physical built of the southies.
2.Like all cultures coming out of a period of darkness , the pride factor erupted in lying the blame on all things associated with the upper caste , their pet theory being AIT , at that time the upper castes were educated in hindi too since govt jobs were the best and life was easier knowing the national language , so everything associated with hindi , the upper castes was trashed.
3.This also gave rise to regional parties with strong dravidian and communist outlooks , both Andhra and TamilNadu being examples.
4.The northies did no help to the cause by continuing to make fun of people with no language of hindi in the workplace , social hangouts and in general in the perception.
5.The last but minor difference was , southies are a bit conservative due to lack of islamic invasion totally wiping out culture , north india was ravaged by the marauders and this also resulted in people following customs more in word rather than in spirit ,hence most of the happening places vis a vis partying etc lie in delhi noida , bombay , etc.
So what ends up happening is ,the southies are generally a little withdrawn and introverted in workplaces and Northies are a bit more reaching out , party a little , talk much more which also gives rise to again feelings of superiority vis a vis oh we are so decent , oh you are so boorish etc etc <!--emo&
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North ho ya South Bhaiyya We will be known as Indians.
since the last 7-8 years or so, ever since bangalore and the hyderabad and chennai became IT hubs, there has been umpteen reports of a new found arrogance, a swagger, based on arguements down the lines of "we have bangalore and you have bihar", and/or "look at literracy rates in kerela and madhya pradesh" etc.
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ben ami well you are right on the swagger part , just to show a example you can often see fights on sulekha even among the more educated , centre of right followers also.
at the very outset , for me a indian is a indian period. no north south nonsense.
the views below are what i gather from the people who behave in the above fashion despite having a balanced view on other topics.
1.The origins of the dravidian movement no doubt misguided and influenced by communists impostors , were also a backlash to the imli pani wala tag put on the southies by the northies , many movies including early bollywood ones poked fun at the accent of the people down south and also picked on the supposedly weaker physical built of the southies.
2.Like all cultures coming out of a period of darkness , the pride factor erupted in lying the blame on all things associated with the upper caste , their pet theory being AIT , at that time the upper castes were educated in hindi too since govt jobs were the best and life was easier knowing the national language , so everything associated with hindi , the upper castes was trashed.
3.This also gave rise to regional parties with strong dravidian and communist outlooks , both Andhra and TamilNadu being examples.
4.The northies did no help to the cause by continuing to make fun of people with no language of hindi in the workplace , social hangouts and in general in the perception.
5.The last but minor difference was , southies are a bit conservative due to lack of islamic invasion totally wiping out culture , north india was ravaged by the marauders and this also resulted in people following customs more in word rather than in spirit ,hence most of the happening places vis a vis partying etc lie in delhi noida , bombay , etc.
So what ends up happening is ,the southies are generally a little withdrawn and introverted in workplaces and Northies are a bit more reaching out , party a little , talk much more which also gives rise to again feelings of superiority vis a vis oh we are so decent , oh you are so boorish etc etc <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> but none of them are the true picture , it will take some time for people to throw out the false pride aspects , the economic boom just serves as the beating stick .North ho ya South Bhaiyya We will be known as Indians.