having lived most of my life in hinterlands of UP, MP, Raj...i ve occassionly visited places like banglore, mysore, kochi, chennai. Infact I found chennai as one of the most nicely administered city. The system runs so well there...n may be thats y residents of chennai r so fanatic abt their city n all..coz its quite so perfect and totally in line with the ethos n culture of its residents. When you look at Delhi, pune and for that matter even Banglore, the locals will usually say that their city has changed..may be in its futile attempt to accomodate ppl frm different cultures/regions. If a city wants to become cosmopolitan than such tradeoffs cant be undone. And thats why may be ask any outsider..he ll comment on chennai as xenophobic! But then wats wrong in it??
