In "Discovery of India", Nehru analysed the difference in attitudes of average North and South Indians, which we also feel some times while interacting with them.
Incredibly, Nehru attributed this difference because of long, oppressive Muslim rule in the North. Its very stunning revelation by Nehru considering his "secular" image.
North Indians were equally gentlemany like South Indians prior to oppressive Islamic rule. But as they had to live (and survive) through these hard times, they themselves got changed in the process and started copying aggression from Muslim invaders.
PS: my reference to North/South Indians does not mean I do comment on them in bad light. It should be taken in the context what Nehru wrote.
RE:Why North Indians are aggressive, rubble rouser when compared with South Indians?
by tan on Mar 04, 2007 07:00 PM Permalink
This is absoulute stupidity to say that north indians are aggresive and blaming it on Muslims. Before the muslims invaded india these insane north indians were fightin among themself. This was the reason muslims were able to invade india.Indai today also to be honest is never a united country. U can see that clear example in delhi were people come from all over india and each and every person talk proudly about his state but not about india. The only reason india is united is because of pakistan. That is the truth.. Bal thackrey claims to be a patriotic indian but in his speeched he first says jai maharastra and after that india. What he try to show . he is trying to show that he is maharastrian first and indian later.. Please people of india use your head and be united and not weaken yourself by getting into divisions. North South, Hindu Muslims. Please we are indians and only indians from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
RE:RE:Why North Indians are aggressive, rubble rouser when compared with South Indians?
by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay on Mar 05, 2007 09:20 PM Permalink
I just quoted what Nehru wrote!
To me, yes, it makes sense.
Yes, we all are indians from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Then why we need 15% reservation/resource allocation based on religion?
Why fellow Indians to the tune of 400,000 are driven out from Kashmir?
Why non-Muslims are all but decimated in Pakistan and Bangladesh, which for all practical purpose has been part & parcel of India for last 5 millenium?
