an unbiased view. i appreciate that you decided to go by facts. i am also an outsider, settled in banalore since 1974. this place has taken people along with development. that has to be appreciated. what went wrong with tamilnadu is its politicians tried to outwit each other for votes. also the government of TN suppressed the actual facts, fearing that verdict will go in favour of karnataka. Inspite of an adverse verdict Karnataka gained with a strong evidence to contest the verdict in supreme court.