GK for all Northies
by KAZA on Sep 20, 2005 05:28 PM Permalink | Hide replies

To extend on the GK provided by author.

This is for all northies:
There are 4 states in south india:

1) Kerala
People: Malayalis or Keralities
Language: Malayalam
Capital: Trivandrum
Important Festivals: Vishu, Onam,
Movie superstar: Mohanlal

2) TamilNadu
People: Tamils or Madrasis
Language: Tamil
Capital: Chennai
Important Festivals: Pongal
Movie superstar: RajniKanth

3) Karnataka
People: Kannadigas
Language: Kannada
Capital: Bangalore
Important Festivals: Sankranthi
Movie superstar: Raj Kumar

4) Andhra
People: Andhrites
Language: Telugu
Capital: Hyderabad
Important Festivals: Ugadi
Movie superstar: Chiranjivi

So when u meet somebody from South India dont call him Madrasi. First try to know which part of south india he is from.

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RE:GK for all Northies
by Arun R on Nov 10, 2005 11:28 PM Permalink
Good one! Even I, being a tamilian, get irritated when someone refers to me as a Madrasi! I think all of us south Indians should start calling everyone from the northern states as BIHARIS

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