Comments on: Why is the South doing well? http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/ A Hindu Nationalist Perspective. The name is from Kurosawa's 'Kagemusha' Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:34:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: vivekmittal http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-293 vivekmittal Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:29:09 +0000 http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-293 Dear Mr Srinivasan I dont agree south is doing better than north The fastest growing zone in india at the moment is the National Capital Region, and many international surveys have established that NCR cities like faridabad, , Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon etc are the fastest growing cities not only in india Punjab, haryana, Himanchal Pradesh, Delhi and Western Uttar Pradesh form the most prosperous region in india with highest per capita income, infrastructure and quality of life. Also the poverty incidences in the above mention region is from 5 to 9% while in southern states it is from 15 to 25% I dont understand why you feel that south is more culturally rich as everything which represents India comes from North..For example Hinduism- All Hindu Mythology is based in north only, be it Lord rama, Krishna, or the Great Mahabharata, be it the holy rivers of ganga/yamuna or the holy cities of Hardwar, varanasi, prayag etc Hindi language- Obviously North National capital-Delhi Taj mahal-In North All Historical greats like Asoka the great, Akbar the great, rana Pratap, Prithviraj Chauhan Alexender was defeated by Porus..again North Entire Indian Freedom struggle was lead and fought by North North Indians have historically lead India , be it the ancient time of Asoka or the Modern times of Gandhi-nehrus Barring one or two, All the big corporate groups in india are run by North indians Vivek Mittal Dear Mr Srinivasan

I dont agree south is doing better than north
The fastest growing zone in india at the moment is the National Capital Region, and many international surveys have established that NCR cities like faridabad, , Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon etc are the fastest growing cities not only in india
Punjab, haryana, Himanchal Pradesh, Delhi and Western Uttar Pradesh form the most prosperous region in india with highest per capita income, infrastructure and quality of life. Also the poverty incidences in the above mention region is from 5 to 9% while in southern states it is from 15 to 25%

I dont understand why you feel that south is more culturally rich as everything which represents India comes from North..For example

Hinduism- All Hindu Mythology is based in north only, be it Lord rama, Krishna, or the Great Mahabharata, be it the holy rivers of ganga/yamuna or the holy cities of Hardwar, varanasi, prayag etc

Hindi language- Obviously North

National capital-Delhi

Taj mahal-In North

All Historical greats like Asoka the great, Akbar the great, rana Pratap, Prithviraj Chauhan

Alexender was defeated by Porus..again North

Entire Indian Freedom struggle was lead and fought by North

North Indians have historically lead India , be it the ancient time of Asoka or the Modern times of Gandhi-nehrus

Barring one or two, All the big corporate groups in india are run by North indians

Vivek Mittal

]]> By: ramka http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-227 ramka Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:41:12 +0000 http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-227 Hi, I am from Maharastra and stayed in Bangalore for last 6 years. I have some observations:- 1)Typically all the four states are differentiating themselves from rest of India since ages. Generally any ad will appear biggest in south India etc.... 2)They feel any state in India is NORTH India be it Maharastra, Gujarat or West Bengal. 3)They are very conservative and socialising is big NO NO. Even you can not hope your south indian neighbour approching you for an introduction. 4)Generally ppl from rest of India will come to visit South India when they are in their 50 to visit spiritual palces but south indians are not eager to explore anything outside South India. 5)These four states, even if we agree that whatever they did was good, never felt need for one common language that will link common ppl across the states. Becoz of IT ppl from all the four states talk to each other in english but what about remaining 90% population So forget to teach then Hindi. 6)The conservative nature also is reflected in industrialisation. Before IT, they were not open to industries. Since IT requires white collar english spaeking labours, they experimented with Bangalore which due to good climate fared well (inspite of power shortage, infrastructure etc) Now all these 4 states are in race. 7)These 4 states were safegurded by northen states in history. Mughal and other invaders came till Maharastra. This also helped them to keep their culture intact. But they don't erealise it when they say north indian are aggressive. The typical aggressive nature only can help to protect our northen boundries. 8)I am still looking for atleast 4 well known names of freedom fighters from these states. Being Maharastrian I am happy that Maharastra never took IT seriously otherwise Mumbai & Pune would have crumbled. And good manufacturing companies still prefer Maharastra. I strogly feel manufacturing companies do a lot good to society than IT companies. They pay local taxes & excise. For 1 guy in comapy there are 20 guys outside the compaines at vendors place to work be it Tea shop, vendors etc. If the sames soaps were offered to manufacturing industry, it would have done something better than what IT has done. Hi,
I am from Maharastra and stayed in Bangalore for last 6 years.
I have some observations:-
1)Typically all the four states are differentiating themselves from rest of India since ages. Generally any ad will appear biggest in south India etc….
2)They feel any state in India is NORTH India be it Maharastra, Gujarat or West Bengal.
3)They are very conservative and socialising is big NO NO. Even you can not hope your south indian neighbour approching you for an introduction.
4)Generally ppl from rest of India will come to visit South India when they are in their 50 to visit spiritual palces but south indians are not eager to explore anything outside South India.
5)These four states, even if we agree that whatever they did was good, never felt need for one common language that will link common ppl across the states. Becoz of IT ppl from all the four states talk to each other in english but what about remaining 90% population So forget to teach then Hindi.
6)The conservative nature also is reflected in industrialisation. Before IT, they were not open to industries. Since IT requires white collar english spaeking labours, they experimented with Bangalore which due to good climate fared well (inspite of power shortage, infrastructure etc) Now all these 4 states are in race.
7)These 4 states were safegurded by northen states in history. Mughal and other invaders came till Maharastra. This also helped them to keep their culture intact. But they don’t erealise it when they say north indian are aggressive. The typical aggressive nature only can help to protect our northen boundries.
8)I am still looking for atleast 4 well known names of freedom fighters from these states.

Being Maharastrian I am happy that
Maharastra never took IT seriously otherwise Mumbai & Pune would have crumbled. And good manufacturing companies still prefer Maharastra. I strogly feel manufacturing companies do a lot good to society than IT companies. They pay local taxes & excise. For 1 guy in comapy there are 20 guys outside the compaines at vendors place to work be it Tea shop, vendors etc. If the sames soaps were offered to manufacturing industry, it would have done something better than what IT has done.

]]> By: gureek http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-125 gureek Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:11:02 +0000 http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-125 You cannot compare North and south India, its like comparing Sugar and Salt. Both have there own importance. I can confront with you at many points where you say that civilisation ceased in North India, Mohammedan conquest and Christian imperialism affected North more than south. But why I should talk about this Shit of comparison. Why you are publishing these articles and highlighting differences between Indians? Recently I read joke: An English man came to visit India and when he went back, everybody asked how was he explained about the food, places, music, dance...etc.. then somebody asked how good are Indians? At this he said I dint meet and Indian I met Punjabies, Gujraties, Bengalis, Tamils... So mind it ....and don't try to highlight differences...... You cannot compare North and south India, its like comparing Sugar and Salt. Both have there own importance. I can confront with you at many points where you say that civilisation ceased in North India, Mohammedan conquest and Christian imperialism affected North more than south.
But why I should talk about this Shit of comparison. Why you are publishing these articles and highlighting differences between Indians?
Recently I read joke:
An English man came to visit India and when he went back, everybody asked how was he explained about the food, places, music, dance…etc.. then somebody asked how good are Indians? At this he said I dint meet and Indian I met Punjabies, Gujraties, Bengalis, Tamils…
So mind it ….and don’t try to highlight differences……

]]> By: bjvish http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-124 bjvish Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:55:45 +0000 http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-124 I guess it is a no-brainer that South is far better than North, as the latter contains the India's most problematic and under-developed states like Bihar, Jharkhand, Madya Pradesh, UP, Rajastan, Kashmir ... Except for relatively smaller states like Punjab, Haryana and to some extent Maharashtra, Gujarat, North India is in state of deep trouble. Modern India's successes are based on suburbs around Delhi, Mumbai and the states of Punjab/Haryana, Gujrat and South India, while the rest seem to still mimic Sub-saharan Africa. Unless we get those BiMaRU states out, India has to sink with their failures. I guess it is a no-brainer that South is far better than North, as the latter contains the India’s most problematic and under-developed states like Bihar, Jharkhand, Madya Pradesh, UP, Rajastan, Kashmir … Except for relatively smaller states like Punjab, Haryana and to some extent Maharashtra, Gujarat, North India is in state of deep trouble.

Modern India’s successes are based on suburbs around Delhi, Mumbai and the states of Punjab/Haryana, Gujrat and South India, while the rest seem to still mimic Sub-saharan Africa. Unless we get those BiMaRU states out, India has to sink with their failures.

]]> By: alexmthomas http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-122 alexmthomas Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:09:06 +0000 http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-122 Rajeev, The point i found encouraging was the phrase you uses 're-developing'. Yes, most people have either forgotten or are ignorant about that fact that India was a powerful and developed country before the British invasion. India is also a seat of diverse and varied cultures which acts both as a boon and a bane. I call it a boon because the interactions between people of diverse cultures bring contribute significantly ot art, literature and a bit to sciences. It is a bane in the wake of recent 'Globalisation'. Globalisation tries to make this world a 'global village' and in Friedman's words 'a flatter place' implying that it strives to do away with diversity. These days, one cannot secure a good employment without the knowledge of English. Why? Rajeev,

The point i found encouraging was the phrase you uses ‘re-developing’. Yes, most people have either forgotten or are ignorant about that fact that India was a powerful and developed country before the British invasion.

India is also a seat of diverse and varied cultures which acts both as a boon and a bane. I call it a boon because the interactions between people of diverse cultures bring contribute significantly ot art, literature and a bit to sciences. It is a bane in the wake of recent ‘Globalisation’.

Globalisation tries to make this world a ‘global village’ and in Friedman’s words ‘a flatter place’ implying that it strives to do away with diversity. These days, one cannot secure a good employment without the knowledge of English. Why?

]]> By: dhara http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-117 dhara Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:01:14 +0000 http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-117 Intresting article, though the south north issues could bring the DMK politics into mind. The article is audacious, it doesn't subscribe to the colonial burden of civillization, which indeed stole the wealth of Bharat. It is a jolt to lot of people brainwashed by JNU sepoys. That Karnataka is technologically doing well without paying obeisance to civillizational burden is simple yet powerful statement. That in simple efforts, without accepting Mao or some other guy as saviour, natives could learn technology is uncomfortable to vast industry of civillizing modern mafia memorizing marxist koran. Showing dreams of devlopment, many in highplaces are robbing innocence and peace of people. Many spread dogmas from racist european colonial sources to succeed as dream merchants and intellectuals. The idea of cultural continuety and devlopment is indeed a good idea. It jolts some of the powerful sepoys. Intresting article, though the south north issues could bring the DMK politics into mind.

The article is audacious, it doesn’t subscribe to the colonial burden of civillization, which indeed stole the wealth of Bharat. It is a jolt to lot of people brainwashed by JNU sepoys.

That Karnataka is technologically doing well without paying obeisance to civillizational burden is simple yet powerful statement. That in simple efforts, without accepting Mao or some other guy as saviour, natives could learn technology is uncomfortable to vast industry of civillizing modern mafia memorizing marxist koran.

Showing dreams of devlopment, many in highplaces are robbing innocence and peace of people. Many spread dogmas from racist european colonial sources to succeed as dream merchants and intellectuals. The idea of cultural continuety and devlopment is indeed a good idea. It jolts some of the powerful sepoys.

]]> By: asbeg http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-115 asbeg Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:49:56 +0000 http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-115 Sorry to say this, but this article was not logically written as 'the south ascent'. the phrase "places that faced jihads, violent conversions and loss of cultural continuity" is not correct. jihad means 'holy war' and it is a last resort when nothing can be done to extinguish the fire. You can't point, indirectly, that jihad results loss of culture. moreover, religion spread from the coastal regions, so how can you say that south was less affected from imperialism and conquest? secondly, you can't or anybody say that education is the reason. majority of the people study in good colleges, even though they are becoming more uncivilised. why ? Due to television culture! But yes, south is re-developing!!! Sorry to say this, but this article was not logically written as ‘the south ascent’.

the phrase “places that faced jihads, violent conversions and loss of cultural continuity” is not correct. jihad means ‘holy war’ and it is a last resort when nothing can be done to extinguish the fire. You can’t point, indirectly, that jihad results loss of culture. moreover, religion spread from the coastal regions, so how can you say that south was less affected from imperialism and conquest?

secondly, you can’t or anybody say that education is the reason. majority of the people study in good colleges, even though they are becoming more uncivilised. why ? Due to television culture!

But yes, south is re-developing!!!

]]> By: tsagar http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-112 tsagar Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:15:57 +0000 http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-112 Heavens!!! We are getting worked up, aren't we? I remember reading somewhere (Please do not ask me to substantiate / corroborate / prove this point. Also, please do not ask me for links). It seems just after independence some harebrained politician wanted to allow Indian states to maintain their own individual military forces (seems incredible but in Incredible India, eminently possible). Sardar Patel had vetoed this. Now, looking at the kind of acrimonious discussions taking place here on something as innocuous as anniversary of formation of southern states, I shudder to think what would have happened if states were indeed allowed to have their own militaries. All of you gentle folk prone to the 'taut nerves on internet' syndrome, do please visit my blog at www.tsagar.wordpress.com. It might bring a smile or two and is more my domain - than chauvinistic punditry. Heavens!!!

We are getting worked up, aren’t we? I remember reading somewhere (Please do not ask me to substantiate / corroborate / prove this point. Also, please do not ask me for links). It seems just after independence some harebrained politician wanted to allow Indian states to maintain their own individual military forces (seems incredible but in Incredible India, eminently possible). Sardar Patel had vetoed this.

Now, looking at the kind of acrimonious discussions taking place here on something as innocuous as anniversary of formation of southern states, I shudder to think what would have happened if states were indeed allowed to have their own militaries.

All of you gentle folk prone to the ‘taut nerves on internet’ syndrome, do please visit my blog at http://www.tsagar.wordpress.com. It might bring a smile or two and is more my domain – than chauvinistic punditry.

]]> By: digpatra http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-111 digpatra Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:19:28 +0000 http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-111 Dear Mr Rajiv Srinivasan, Your article unnecessarily drags a correlation between present success of South India in engineering sectors with retention of its distinctive cultures, language and cuisines by totally ignoring scientific justification to it. Every Indian is proud of South India for its distinct culture, heritage, language and cuisine in social point of view; however, there is no justification of your theory to its recent success in engineering and science based industrial boom. Sometime your arguments look foolish? Your theory can not explain about the historical success of USA, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Norway, etc. In Indian context it also totally fails to explain industrial boom of West Bengal in 1950s, that of Maharastra and Gujrat in 1980s & 1990s. In business and commerce, Maharsatra and Gujrat are still ahead of many South Indian states. Even you have ignored other social index by just focusing on going industrialization in engineering sectors, mainly fueled by media hyped IT & BT. Other northern states like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat are quite ahead of AP, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu (except Kerala) in many social index and quality of life they offer to their citizens. I will say rather South India is relatively performing better recently due to its large pool of technical and higher educated skilled human resource and its nothing to do with its retention of historical (Indian) untouched civilization. Investment in private engineering colleges and higher studies started in South India roughly three decades ago and it is paying back now. This time was quite earlier than many other states in India invested in this area. The only non-south Indian state which started investing in private engineering college and higher studies at that point of time was Maharastra which is equally competitive with other South Indian states. In commerce and business Maharastra is still ahead of all South Indian states and three of its cities like Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Pune are equally competitive with Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai for IT and biotech industries. So, correlation between investment in human resource (in higher education, engineering, management and science by generating higher number of skilled man power at low wages) and recent success story of South India would hold better both logically and practically. This is evident from the case of China, Malaysia, Rusia, Poland and Philippines as well. It is just an accidental coincidence between recent success (relative) of South India and older Indian civilization. Historically industrial growth has brought cosmopolitan culture and life to a region terrifying local cultures, language and tastes. That happened earlier to other industrial cities in India and this is happening presently in Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai. In final words, in few years glorifying terms like distinctive cultures, language and cuisines would bear the same meaning across Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Bhubaneswar or Hyderabad by having many similar MacDonald food chain and Reliance Fresh outlets, indeed, South India is coming to age, so do our beloved India! Thanks and regards Digambara Dear Mr Rajiv Srinivasan,
Your article unnecessarily drags a correlation between present success of South India in engineering sectors with retention of its distinctive cultures, language and cuisines by totally ignoring scientific justification to it. Every Indian is proud of South India for its distinct culture, heritage, language and cuisine in social point of view; however, there is no justification of your theory to its recent success in engineering and science based industrial boom. Sometime your arguments look foolish?

Your theory can not explain about the historical success of USA, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Norway, etc. In Indian context it also totally fails to explain industrial boom of West Bengal in 1950s, that of Maharastra and Gujrat in 1980s & 1990s. In business and commerce, Maharsatra and Gujrat are still ahead of many South Indian states. Even you have ignored other social index by just focusing on going industrialization in engineering sectors, mainly fueled by media hyped IT & BT. Other northern states like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat are quite ahead of AP, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu (except Kerala) in many social index and quality of life they offer to their citizens.

I will say rather South India is relatively performing better recently due to its large pool of technical and higher educated skilled human resource and its nothing to do with its retention of historical (Indian) untouched civilization. Investment in private engineering colleges and higher studies started in South India roughly three decades ago and it is paying back now. This time was quite earlier than many other states in India invested in this area. The only non-south Indian state which started investing in private engineering college and higher studies at that point of time was Maharastra which is equally competitive with other South Indian states. In commerce and business Maharastra is still ahead of all South Indian states and three of its cities like Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Pune are equally competitive with Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai for IT and biotech industries. So, correlation between investment in human resource (in higher education, engineering, management and science by generating higher number of skilled man power at low wages) and recent success story of South India would hold better both logically and practically. This is evident from the case of China, Malaysia, Rusia, Poland and Philippines as well.

It is just an accidental coincidence between recent success (relative) of South India and older Indian civilization. Historically industrial growth has brought cosmopolitan culture and life to a region terrifying local cultures, language and tastes. That happened earlier to other industrial cities in India and this is happening presently in Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai.

In final words, in few years glorifying terms like distinctive cultures, language and cuisines would bear the same meaning across Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Bhubaneswar or Hyderabad by having many similar MacDonald food chain and Reliance Fresh outlets, indeed, South India is coming to age, so do our beloved India!
Thanks and regards
Digambara

]]> By: anilrao http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-110 anilrao Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:50:22 +0000 http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/why-is-the-south-doing-well/#comment-110 Rajeev I am an avid reader of your articles and was more so this time as the article was about south. My take is that you have got your basic facts right but then you fail in using your facts to support your theory. You reason that the cultural rootedness of South India is the driving factor behind this recent surge. A fish can take to water and a bird to air any time, no matter how long you keep them in captivity. One of the strongest economies of the world, Japan had a severe set back during World War II. Japanese have fought back their way hard. You spoke about the atrocities on Bengalis during British time and the resulting expressional barricade. The national anthem that we sing today is written by a Bengali during that period. It is a fact that Bengal has produced the premier Indian literature even though it had a large Muslim population (indicating the possible suppression of original Hindu culture). Just like your state Kerala, communism is what has held Bengal back in recent times. The current state of Northern India is due to the social unrest born out of terrorism. Give North Indians a free atmosphere to prosper, they will show their metal as well. The IT Industry which gave recognition to India (Southern India) chose Bangalore as the first choice because of the terrain, weather and massive educational institutes. Make a note that it is only the Urban centers which are developed, the very areas which do not really shelter the culture unlike in the sub-urban and rural areas. So where is the cultural influence here? Two factors that are in South’s advantage are the preference to English compared to Hindi (as in the north), which is important to be a part of Global Economy and the centuries old inclination towards mathematics (Ramanujam was a South Indian) and its influence on Computer Science. Another factor is the sheer absence of a driving economy in the south unlike Mumbai(West), Delhi(North) and Calcutta(East), encouraging everyone to jump on the IT band wagon. However the IT firms set up in South India really haven't shown their spirit yet by embarking on a mission of their own. It has been the age old slavery in the manner of rendering IT services to fortune companies. Two factors that help some one attain new height are 1) Freedom of expression 2) Being away from home land. You can relate this to the success of USA with immigrants coming into America in search of a new life. The continued culture of Native Indians in USA has been suppressed to the core, having no influence on its global dominance. As a passing comment, North Indian employees have a major share in the success of IT firms in South India. You pointed out the Mogul atrocities in the north. Andhra Pradesh had seen the same even until the end of British Raj. Then why are the Andhrites doing good ? They should be down with their spirit, especially in Hyderabad. Answer is simple, it is whether you have contemporary freedom for expression and the inherent talent to express ! - Anil Rao Rajeev

I am an avid reader of your articles and was more so this time as the article was about south. My take is that you have got your basic facts right but then you fail in using your facts to support your theory.

You reason that the cultural rootedness of South India is the driving factor behind this recent surge. A fish can take to water and a bird to air any time, no matter how long you keep them in captivity. One of the strongest economies of the world, Japan had a severe set back during World War II. Japanese have fought back their way hard. You spoke about the atrocities on Bengalis during British time and the resulting expressional barricade. The national anthem that we sing today is written by a Bengali during that period. It is a fact that Bengal has produced the premier Indian literature even though it had a large Muslim population (indicating the possible suppression of original Hindu culture). Just like your state Kerala, communism is what has held Bengal back in recent times.

The current state of Northern India is due to the social unrest born out of terrorism. Give North Indians a free atmosphere to prosper, they will show their metal as well.
The IT Industry which gave recognition to India (Southern India) chose Bangalore as the first choice because of the terrain, weather and massive educational institutes. Make a note that it is only the Urban centers which are developed, the very areas which do not really shelter the culture unlike in the sub-urban and rural areas. So where is the cultural influence here?

Two factors that are in South’s advantage are the preference to English compared to Hindi (as in the north), which is important to be a part of Global Economy and the centuries old inclination towards mathematics (Ramanujam was a South Indian) and its influence on Computer Science. Another factor is the sheer absence of a driving economy in the south unlike Mumbai(West), Delhi(North) and Calcutta(East), encouraging everyone to jump on the IT band wagon.

However the IT firms set up in South India really haven’t shown their spirit yet by embarking on a mission of their own. It has been the age old slavery in the manner of rendering IT services to fortune companies.

Two factors that help some one attain new height are 1) Freedom of expression 2) Being away from home land. You can relate this to the success of USA with immigrants coming into America in search of a new life. The continued culture of Native Indians in USA has been suppressed to the core, having no influence on its global dominance. As a passing comment, North Indian employees have a major share in the success of IT firms in South India.

You pointed out the Mogul atrocities in the north. Andhra Pradesh had seen the same even until the end of British Raj. Then why are the Andhrites doing good ? They should be down with their spirit, especially in Hyderabad. Answer is simple, it is whether you have contemporary freedom for expression and the inherent talent to express !

- Anil Rao

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