Hi friends,
This is a live update from chennai.
Language - Tamil, tamil and tamil. Even if they know hindi, they dont speak up.
People - We never heard anyone laughing here (I wonder if they ever laugh or shout)
So conservative, that noone talks even in the bus
Food - Idly, sambhar, rice, dosa, vada, pongal
We have to cook our food ourselves (unbelievable naa).
Weather - summer from october to feb and rest of the year it's deadly summer.
Lesiure - TV, dormitery, dirty sea beaches on weekends
Rent - 6.5 K / 1 BHK
Advance - 6 months
Aata - Rs. 26 /kg
Apple - Rs 100 /kg
Orange - Rs. 10/piece
Banana - Rs 3 /piece
Mausmi Juice -Rs 18 /glass
Jeans Dryclean - Rs.40
Phulka - Rs. 8 (idly also Rs.8)
Interesting facts and incidents :
1. Here you cannot buy a needle after 6 PM (strange).
2. We asked an auto driver, "hindi aati hai"?. He replied in hindi "Hindi nahi aati".
3. The most common suffix here is 'a', e.g.
straight - straighta
2 cup tea - 2 cupa tea
4. Even dogs eat curd rice.
5. In north, names are like Gori Shankar, gauri prasad etc. Here the names are like Kaliraj, kalicharan etc.
6. When there is a 't' in any name, they add 'h' to it.
jayant - jayanth
bharat - bharath
7. Here is a culture of adding mystical alphabets after ones's name, like Mahesh R, Sandeep T etc.
7. Cable connection is of no use here as only tamil channels are broadcasted on cable TV, if anyone wanna watch hindi channels then you need to buy a set up box (Rs.4000).
8. Cognizant navallur office is actually not in chennai, it comes under a district called Chengalpet which is 51 kms from main city.
9. Once we saw a girl in the food court, she was looking and acting like a north indian. My friend became exited and planned to talk to her, but just then we noticed her breakfast and then "dil ke armaan aansuon mein beh gaye", she was having pongal. (disguise!!)
10.How dare anyone come to chennai : Cognizant Chennai MCity comes under SEZ(special economic zone), swap and transfers from here are not possible.
11. No life after 9 PM.
12. No need to worry for Tsunami, because noone will be left to cry on your grave.
Bye Bye (waiting for banglore, pune, hyderabad update)
This was sent to a lot of other people and as luck would have it, someone was from Chennai !!! He/she replied ...
See i think a few things are pretty true here...But most of it are just mere exaggeration. He has just written all his effusive frustration here..!! I live here in bangalore, and trust me its much more expensive than wht he thinks.. i have lived in Chennai and Bangalore, and in Kerala, so i do know the difference between most of the places in South India.. Chennai is supposed to be the second cheapest metropolitan city after Calcutta and any other cities in India.
Language - Tamil, tamil and tamil. Even if they know hindi, they dont speak up.
For your Kind information, nobody knows Hindi here. Only non-tamilians living in Chennai take Hindi (like me) while most of them take French. And excluding the non-localites, people converse in ENGLISH.
People - We never heard anyone laughing here (I wonder if they ever laugh or shout). So conservative, that noone talks even in the bus.
They are not conservative damn it...ALL INDIANS are like that..!! The same happens in Bangalore, Hyderabad or Pune..U dont strike a coversation with a stranger out of the blue..!!
Food - Idly, sambhar, rice, dosa, vada, pongal. We have to cook our food ourselves (unbelievable naa).
Excuse' Moi ..!! When i went to the north (not specifying which place), me being a south-indian, had a tough time, hunting for some good rice to eat, because all i got was Aloo Paratha, Aloo Gobi, Gobi Manchurian, Aloo Muttor, Aloo Roast etc.. Wonder if they invented Aloo Juice.. Each of them have their own culture for taste and sense..!! So dont blame any place.
Weather - summer from october to feb and rest of the year it's deadly summer.
Damn it, dont tell me you would complain that it dint rain or snow in Sahara when you where there..!! Oh please, for heaven sake, each area has a difference in climate. India is not small as u get to see in the world map.
Lesiure - TV, dormitery, dirty sea beaches on weekends
Hahahaa....Atleast you get to see a beach buddy..!!
Rent - 6.5 K / 1 BHK
Do you know the size of the rooms?? They would be huge. I pay 7K for a 1BHK, that is just as big as my bathroom in Chennai..!!
Advance - 6 months
Buddy, i pay an adavnce of 11 months.. !! So who is to blame??
Aata - Rs. 26 /kg
Apple - Rs 100 /kg
Orange - Rs. 10/piece
Banana - Rs 3 /piece
Mausmi Juice -Rs 18 /glass
Jeans Dryclean - Rs.40
Phulka - Rs. 8 (idly also Rs.8)
Hahahaaa..!! Pillsbury Aata costs the same all over India dear..!! Sorry these things dont worth an argument..
1. Here you cannot buy a needle after 6 PM (strange)
God give me a break..!!
2. We asked an auto driver, "hindi aati hai"?. He replied in hindi "Hindi nahi aati".Buddy, thats the only thing they would have learnt in Hindi..!! For heaven sake, stop having false impressions that hindi is our National Language..!! It isnt..i have no time for this argument again..!! I never knew they speak Tamil in Delhi or Bombay..!! So why Hindi in Chennai..!! Use a more worldy used language, ENGLISH.
3. The most common suffix here is 'a', e.g.
straight - straighta
2 cup tea - 2 cupa tea
Yes, like the way you'll pronunce, thirty (therty as thartty) and fourteen (forteen as farteen)..!! Somebody stop me..!!
4. Even dogs eat curd rice.
Atleast they get to eat something, not starved to death.. and yeah, less stray dogs, that they would be famished and start feeding on children.
5. In north, names are like Gori Shankar, gauri prasad etc. Here the names are like Kaliraj, kalicharan etc.
What else do what us to name?? Elvis Presley or Brad Pitt?? Atleast Elizabeth Hurly or Angelina Jolie never asked you, why your name was Gauri Prasad..!!
6. When there is a 't' in any name, they add 'h' to it.
jayant - jayanth
bharat - bharath
Well, in Hindi you wrtie 'Ta' as t, and in Tamil we write 'Tha' as Th..!! Dont find faults with such silly matters.
8. Here is a culture of adding mystical alphabets after ones's name, like Mahesh R, Sandeep T etc.
Sorry, instead to keeping 'Abhishek Anandkumar Khare' or 'Sunaina Swapan Teja', we just name them as 'Abhishek A.K' and 'Sunaina S.T'
9. Cable connection is of no use here as only tamil channels are broadcasted on cable TV, if anyone wanna watch hindi channels then you need to buy a set up box (Rs.4000).
Hahaha...You guys where the ones who started making a big fuss about making Hindi Channels as paid Channels...we never wanted to watch Hindi here, so who cares.. Nobody uses STB (Set Top Box), Tamilians watch all south-indian languages for free..!!
10. Cognizant navallur office is actually not in chennai, it comes under a district called Chengalpet which is 51 kms from main city.
Escuse me..!! Hahaha..!! Infosys or any other office in Bangalore, in Electronics City, is actually in Hosur Road..!! Dont expect Narayan Moorthy to build such a huge campus in the heart of the city..!! Ask questions that make sense..!!
11. Once we saw a girl in the food court, she was looking and acting like a north indian. My friend became exited and planned to talk to her, but just then we noticed her breakfast and then "dil ke armaan aansuon mein beh gaye", she was having pongal. (disguise!!)
I saw a cute south-indian guy...But what??? Ohhh..!! Shucks, he is having Aloo Paratha :'(
12.How dare anyone come to chennai : Cognizant Chennai MCity comes under SEZ(special economic zone), swap and transfers from here are not possible.
Be in Chennai learn something here, so that you could live anywhere in the world and stop making a upheaval with small matters of life.. They sent u here, so that u learn :)
13. No life after 9 PM.
Do u know what life is than just going to Disco's and Pubs?? Partying and Boozing??
14. No need to worry for Tsunami, because none will be left to cry on your grave.
Atleast we wont sit and fight among ourselves, shoot or die cause of bomb blast..Oh Boy, i want to look sweet when i die, dont wanna look like a roasted chicken ;)
No offence meant in this mail.. But just wanted to let you noe that DON'T BELIEVE ALL ARE TRUE.
I live in Bangalore, and I do love this place, and I would love it anywhere I live..!! Learn to adjust, and not to make a big riot over static things in the world..!!
The bold face font and italics were there in the original mail. There were more colors in the mail but for the sake of simplicity I did not use them.
The person who replied is in all probabilities a female. :D
13 comments:
Bingo . me a southie and have been in Chennai , bangalore , hyd and even parts of kerala . God , this is truley a awesome response to put some sense to guys who seem to be myopic to the "North " orientation than anythin else !
It sure rocks , keep it coming
My god .. this was some mail and some response ... But you do have a closed mind when u say reply was from a girl .. believe me there is not much difference when it comes to South-India guys or gilrs ... Girls do not talk at all .. And Guys do and get senti when u tell them they do not know how to live ...
Hi..i'm back and read your blog. But beleive me this time you have written way too much.i have lived in Delhi all my life and moved here an year ago. I don't completely agree with you. if you have so much to handle...why don't you just leave???? try to appreciate where you are and not compare all the time...Don't show that dilli attitude...be open.
Just saw your full name and then realised why your attitude is so narrowed down...Baniya
sorry for being rude..but couldn't control my thoughts. My husband is also working for cognizant and beleieve me nothing so wrong about chennai as you make it.
I was accidentally stuck with this blog. I am from north & right now living & Chennai.
What the guy said in start some of the points are true. But blaming & criticizing a community is not good. Every one has his culture & way of living. That's why India is a country with diversity. I have lived in 3-4 countries in world and now living here. There is no as such big difference here. All does matter how much heavy is your wallet. You can have anything here what ever you want like north Indian food,any girl,good accommodation,car,bar,disco.
I gone through all post & find that you guys are not literate and professional people. What kind of language you use ?? Then what is the difference between a auto driver & you?
In last, every one love his birth place.
What Amit says is correct....
And wat i think is.. Be a human first of all n then be an Indian. Worst thing happening in this country is all this statism n north india south india bitching n wars. Its true tat lifestyle in chennai is different. People dnt like to enjoy much but at the same time they r hard working. So respect others. Every place has plus n minus points... take it all n learn adjusting.
Why to quarrel on a community.. every person is not the same.. so find frnds of yr kind n enjoy wherever u go..
Gud Luck to u all :)
Well Mr.Shrek the way u talk it seems u dnt accept tat u r an Indian. Working in MNCs (may be) n with white ppl u hv learnt a lot it seems tat how u bitch yr own indian brothers !!!!
We (south indians) are like that only ;).
Although I think the mail response was an overkill, there are loads of cliches about indians as such leave alone north or south.
I agree with Amit....
When you travel places be it for your profession or any other reason and you live there, the very first thing that you should bear in mind is to welcome the change.
If it all is the same as the place you belong from would there be any conflicts regarding the tastes or likes of the difference in cultures?
This issue should be looked at in a broader sense rather than sparking an arument over a regionality issue and also rational suggestions woulb be far more mature than the harsh words used by some of the bloggers.
Yenda otha baadu thevidiya paiya..apuram yena masuruku inga oomba vandha poi anga north indiayalayae yevalayavadhu naaku podu
Yenda otha baadu thevidiya paiya..apuram yena masuruku inga oomba vandha poi anga north indiayalayae yevalayavadhu naaku podu
Bravo, more than the post, I liked the comments you've got :) lol
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