The average Chennai person or Tamilian is quite unlike the DMK types that you hear in news.
He may be dark skinned and may be emotional about Rajnikanth, but he is 100% god fearing and totally religious and spiritual and deeply believes in Hardwork and is not jealous of other people's wealth.
This is true of many other state people, but the difference is that the elite in states like Delhi have abandoned the Indian culture and got over westernised