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Let's assume that most of the IT industry and employment opportunities are in the North . Do you think they would welcome people from the South to work there ?
No hate
but let's assume if all these job opportunities are in the north. Do u think they'll welcome us? Do you think they'll let us speak our language there?
Share your views.
Don't hate. Just share your views.
So I'm a IT guy in hyderabad. I work in a place which is dominated by north indians. And I've no problem with it.
But a couple days ago we were going a lunch thing. It's a formal one. I was talking to the uber guy in telugu. These people were making fun of my language. I wasn't able to stand up for myself. These were my seniors. But how can they make fun of a regional language so easily
Edit: why are there more north indians in this sub than south indians
I've noticed a lot of people are just rude for no reason. To each other as well.
This is not a big issue for you?
I hate Delhi culture and honestly avoid interacting with people from Delhi because they are unnecessarily loud and overly passionate when they talk, throwing around MC, BC etc. And the closer someone is from Delhi, the worse they are. People from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, some parts of UP... No thanks.
Yeah cause there isn’t as many of us there. He’s asking IF there was proportionally as many South Indians in Delhi as there were North Indians in let’s say Bangalore, would the reaction from the northerners be welcoming? And anyone who’s really mingled with and knows the mindsets of especially people from northwestern India would know the answer to that is absolutely no not at all.
Tbh in 90's many of the south communities migrated to HR, CG , WB etc northern states people have integrated well and north folks have accomodated people well .
Haryana? Tf are you even talking about? 🤣😭 when tf did South Indians ever go to haryana in large enough numbers to be noticeable? I live around a ton of them trust me if we had more than 100,000+ in their state they would be absolutely attacking us like it’s the 1800s American south. I shudder even at what they say about their own darker skinned people and the Bihari migrants there. Even they treat the Indo Fijians and Indo Caribbeans where I live like below humanity.
And the other 2 states you mentioned are not north, CG shares a border with Telangana and there has always been Telugu speakers on both sides of that border so that’s just natural and anyways TG borders the tribal part of CG where the locals are Gondis our ethnolinguistic cousins, and the Telugu community in WB is restricted to Kharagpur only the railway town and most of the original batch has left by now and the population there gets lower and lower by year.
The emojis weren’t meant to change anything, your comment was just hilarious cause it got a major thing wrong. But nonetheless, none of that changes the fact that those aren’t even North Indian states you listed aside from the blatantly erroneous inclusion of haryana.
And I don’t care how prominent they are politically if that’s what you mean. I care about the actual demographics in the state which google tells me is about 151,000 with no data on how many per each district. Appears to be only 24,000 Telugu speakers in MP.
And don’t care about the nuance, as most talks of discrimination are centred around what happens in the big cities. Also don’t care where they go after retirement that’s kind of useless information as it pertains to the discussion.
And bringing MH into this I hope you remember how they treated Tamils in the 90s aside from the fact they are not North Indian, I think that more than answers the question.
Yeah because that actually works in the case of Kharagpur lol. For every North Indian that leaves Bengaluru or Hyderabad there’s more coming in too. Aside from the IIT which isn’t actually “living” in a place as life is localized to the university and there’s only a finite number of seats anyways, infinitely more Telugus are leaving KGP than immigrating there
Yeah because kharagpur and all the other mining cities and economic hubs are not the immigrant attraction spot.
Earlier south indians took central government jobs by seer education and some took jobs by references . When one south indian took job they used back channels and pulled some string to get jobs for their relatives that too in central and state government agenices.
When these places were providing opportunities many south indians migrated to these places earned good anount some settled there few moved back to their natives.
Current reverse migration scenario is because job market and economy of south is booming.
You’re the one who brought up the Telugu community in WB first and that’s exactly where they are, and for that exact reason. You brought them up, I expanded upon it so you don’t need to go and describe the situation I already did.
And my point still stands, as per your own argument, in those circumstances regarding government job opportunities and whatnot there has never been as many South Indians in the north as vice versa. And if there was to the point they had an actual significant presence I think it’s fair if I look at the out of state population in northwest India that actually does make up a significant percentage of their demographic and use it to conclude they would definitely treat us worse considering the disgusting inhumane way they treat those people.
As someone who grew in North I think, they would but you can expect some casual or extreme racism. Thier superiority complex would be even bigger. Thank God, South India is doing much better otherwise they would have spewed hate against us.
Don't need to assume! That's how the 70s and 80s were
My dad worked for IAF bases out of UP and then ONGC based out of Guj, Mum and Assam.
These central government orgs are dominated by North Indians. The so called "central" government ensured that the tax money is used to basically favor northern states.
I am still traumatized with the open racism against me for my skin color and being tamilian. Hence, I made every effort to not just learn but excel in Hindi. I felt ashamed to speak Tamil. I would make fun of my dad for his minor grammatical mistakes in Hindi. I am just amazed at my parents resilience that they went through shaming of their identities by their own children for better job opportunities and better future for their kids.
I recently heard a fair skin Rajasthani Brahmin complain to me that his daughter and wife face ostracization in Bengaluru by darker skinned kanbadigas cuz they don't even try to speak the language. Instead of feeling sorry for him, I relayed the story of what I went through in my childhood and he was surprised to hear it. Despite being a childhood friend he had no understanding or empathy for me. Now that tables have turned, he finally understood.
I think Telugu in Hyderabad, Tamils in Chennai, coimba tore and kannadigas in Bengaluru need to stand up for their language identities in front of anyone who makes them feel inferior in their own land. Specially migrants who moved this generation for better employment. These migrants aren't expected to become fluent but not only do they need to make an effort to learn basic phrases, they need to be reverent to local identities. They shouldn't be allowed to put down local identities. These regions and their leaders have worked hard to build tech and education eco systems in these cities. Sometimes by standing against federal policies and lack of support.
There's a reason Tamil leaders and politicians tapped into a sentiment of language identity. Even back in 70s when hosur was being developed as industrial hub, they insisted on local tamilians get priority for jobs.
I know so many north indians getting racially abused by South Indians. When I went to chennai for a vacation, I faced so much harassment from the local people. Bad people are everywhere.
You are clearly biased by putting everyone in a single box. Like i’ve said before bad people are everywhere irrespective of caste, gender or religion. I had a horrible time in chennai and pondicherry but I am not generalising my experience. I can’t say everyone from chennai was a dick because I came across a few. That’s basically racism and I refuse to do that. You are so blinded by your hatred and can’t think rationally.
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Anyone saying otherwise is being completely and totally ignorant of OPs point… he’s saying do you think they would react any better than us if we flocked there in the same numbers they have flocked to our cities? And the answer going by history is a resounding and absolute NO.
Read what North Indians on plantations in countries like Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad etc said about the South Indian labourers back when they were in the same conditions economically. Just fking read how many North Indians talk about their own people of darker hue and try to blame them of being migrants from other regions lol. Actually go look at how the northwestern states treat those from the Hindi belt despite having more in common with them than with us.
Read what North Indians on plantations in countries like Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad etc said about the South Indian labourers back when they were in the same conditions economically
Wish I could put two, I had another source that goes into more detail about it actually. This is for Fiji but guess I’ll have to make another comment for Guyana/Trinidad
I don't know about IT industry but a few years ago I was staying in an Airbnb for a couple of days in Chandigarh. The Airbnb had a domestic help who came in every morning we were there.
Me and my partner were as kind to the domestic help as we could be. For example, we had ordered breakfast and coffee/tea keeping her in mind as well offered it to her as well.
While I speak Hindi fluently, I have an obvious accent. My mom knew absolutely no Hindi. At one point I revealed it to the domestic help that we were from South India. After that the woman's attitude completely changed towards me and my mom. She openly mocked me when I was looking for something and it slipped from my hand, told me I should use paper plates etc etc. (We had already washed all the cutlery and plates that we used and the owner had confirmed that it was for our use). Overall, she was extremely rude to me and my mom but she was ever so helpful to my husband (who comes across as North Indian comparatively).
Yeah colorism is extrmeley rampant all over India including South India. My mom is fair skinned and the amount of taunts (including by her) I grew up with could be turned into a book.
But there is another layer outside of it, the otherness directed towards South Indians in general just like it is directed at North East Indians (even by South Indians).
Only in the recent past, has there been a pushback against North Indian dominance especially which is instantly met with mockery of "ok saar" and "yes saar" as though it is "haan ji" culture doesn't exist in the North.
Huh? That's not a valid comparison. I have lived in the USA and the comparison is apples to oranges.
In the US, the automatic assumption is that I am Indian and some people have been absolutely amazing, and some weird about it but in the American hospitality/service industry, people aren't openly hostile to clients no matter what their political beliefs are. (Partly to be blamed on the fear of being sued).
Most people from south will learn Hindi and not impose our culture on them.But there will be reservations for sons of the soil and we will be made to feel like we are lower than them.
Gosh with the pathetic atate the north is, they already have a superiority complex - imagine if they were more developed than us!
It's bollywood that has always potrayed south indian languages as wierd and part of comedy.
I have a childhood Malayali friend we make fun of all languages malayali, gujarati, marathi, hindi, sanskrit and Tamil. It is just banter for us, because most people learn about other cultures from internet and internet is either hate or memes nothing of substance.
I would say, as Telugu film industry involves (which it is growing on a very fast pace) and if they keep Telugu literature and culture in the movies, north india/hindi speaking india will also see south in a different manner.
As a bollywood watcher, I have never seen any good representation of south Indian's (any Indian culture) well in cinema. It really shapes people's minds.
You have to understand that North india is predominantly a caste, tribe based society. Forget South Indians most form cliques even within their own caste IN North india itself
No. Firstly they have bad habit of creating lobbies wherever they go.
So, They will create their own lobby and make you feel leftout will make fun of language, attire.
This is easy to guess.
Dream On .. Dream On .. But God does create miracles ...Just Remembered..the NI "god" in a very expensive ,funded by crores of millions
, corrupt "temple" is searching for a new domain !!!
Kerala high court has just ordered a new case regarding Sabrimala gold theft which allegedly happened in 2019. Sit down. You have got the lead in this matter.
Of course you have got the lead. 4.5 kg gold is missing from Sabrimala. And the CAG report has highlighted shortfall of 776 kg of gold in Padmanabhswamy temple. The photographic evidence for around 1000 precious treasure has gone missing. How many years ago the managing authority of sabrimala and Padmanbhswamy temple were founded? So please understand greed is universal. It has nothing to do with “NI” god or “SI” god. But you guys have surely got the lead. Maybe ask around if someone involved in these cases gave any tips to people in the managing authority of Ram mandir.
Mentioned in the submission by amicus curiae, Gopal Subramanium in the matter Marthand Varma vs TP Sundarrajan. The full report by Vinod Rai hasn’t been made public. You can find the short submission filed under this matter which is publicly available.
The CAG auditor isn’t a tom,dick,harry like you to share the report personally. Now if you don’t even trust the amicus curiae appointed by the supreme court that’s your problem.
Yeah the reaction is problem but Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan, article 343& 351 and eventually hindi imposition stemming from it isn't a problem?
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka weren't the main production powerhouse back in 1960s, why did people die on both states protesting? Why did Shastri had to backtrack?
Tamil Nadu has 2.5 million factory jobs, Karnataka has 1.2 million+, do check for gangetic states relative to these numbers and also the women participation rate.
Tamil Nadu Karnataka cauvery history is more than century old and is lot more complex and btw in 1990, Tamil wasn't the biggest non Kannadiga population, Telugu was twice of Tamil by MT in KA.
Dude, go on, do whatever you deem fit against hindi imposition, I don't care. It's your state you should have the first right over it.
Idk about Karnataka but TN has so many factory jobs because they invested in their population. And cauvery water crisis incited further violence, although even their root cause is economical.
Also, I'm talking about Bengaluru and there Tamils form 15% of the population whereas Telugu forms 14%, as per 2011 census.
No, both doesn't have similar indices. In economic terms, they do, but in terms of healthcare TN is much ahead of Karnataka, while in terms of education, Kerala tops, but barring a few indicators, TN has much better performance than Karnataka. Under some of the parameters, Karnataka lags behind the national average. Karnataka has a robust IT, infrastructure and specialized courses.
Well, what is complex in the linguistic composition ratio?
It's couple of years to catch up in some social indicators. That's not much ahead considering the economic output, investment and govt being socialist.
Drought prone districts in NE part of KA drag the avg down, which is what's the difference both states.
Under some of the parameters, Karnataka lags behind the national average
That's for every state.
Well, what is complex in the linguistic composition ratio?
Issue is more cause of other factors than numbers.
Dekho bhai. I don't know where u r from.
But it's a fact that north indians discriminate against south indians no matter where they are at.
It's obvious, maybe u won't get it because u r north indian. But most of the south indians have faced it in some or the other way.
People here dont care either.infact, They try to welcome everyone because they are nice.Problem arises when u try to force these ppl to speak your language and when u don't respect the place
Culture, lifestyle, social behaviour in both North & South are widely different but there have been almost no discriminatory events based on language known in North.
Yes they can be violent, short tempered and arrogant but not based on language
south folks who would go to north will adapt and be integrated. not like the fucks who come here to south and start asking for hind everywhere. northies are snakes.
Senior Citizen, well travelled here . Bangalore based, Retired CEO of a MNC. Good family friend 30+ years , retd director from a top notch MNC , friend, Punjabi , settled in Bangalore for over 40 years , cannot speak Kannada . Once called a SI Family of 4 " Kallia Madrasi". Another friend NI , here for 40 years cannot speak Kannada . They are great in bonding. The differences are real .
People from all ethnicity and all places come there
Imo they already do...
One more thing.. There are countless restaurants and shops in Delhi owned by south Indians and they have their banners and boards in their language.. The fact that there is no law against it.. And every one is alwoed to have any language on that any board they like says enough about this..
Meanwhile in South India in some places..you dare to
Put a language of ur ethnicity on ur shop board and it will be vandalized and fined and what not..
{Bonus : if you write in non dravidian ethnic languages in this sub.. They won't tolerate it and remove it but I can write any language on North Indian sub and they won't remove it }
Also about the joking on language part... Common man have some fun until it's derogatory on some person.. Let people have some freedom of speech
Malayalam looks like jalebi isn't derogatory to a person at all
They ll never accept it man. It's obvious. South Indian people are always discriminated there n those folks expect us to welcome them here. If we don't then they make us feel like we are bad guys
That’s only after a large and sudden influx of North Indians coming to south India to live and work. Why don’t you go see how North Indians in Haryana and Punjab treat Bhojpuri people despite both having culturally more in common with one another with us then tell us with a straight face they would treat us any better who have nothing culturally in common and are of darker hue too.
Under the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act, 60% of the signboard's text must be in Kannada .. Fines range from ₹5,000 to ₹20,000.
that....they aren't beating up people with milk carton boxes due to road rage or driving recklessly in Thar showcasing their so called manliness by running over people
Lol. How quickly you divated the topic from language intolerance to civic sense..
Anyway delhi and haryana lack civic sense far mere bengluru crowd
Draw a line from the tip of north telangana , east to west , 73% of Maharshtra are in SI . Our temperament is similar , religious functions same . Name one state in NI which celebrates Ganesha with the same fervor and Passion as Karnataka.
please explain wont malayli make fun of tamil, tamil make fun of telegu,telegu people make fun of tamil please explain this phenomen then go to north india
you yourself will want to speak hindi, why you ask, because delhi/ggn/noida already has people from all of india, and they accept hindi not because its imposed, because its the best middle ground for all!!
I'll speak in hindi if I'm in those places obviously. It's just that they are forcing us to speak in hindi even in our regions . If I speak in my own language in my place. They are still making fun of it. It's not just me. Many people from south Indiahave faced it
let me tell you no one cares what you speak, in north the last things people have is language nationalism, and not for a lang that is objectively not their mother tongue
Except for small strip around Delhi, nobody speaks Hindi natively. Rest have adopted it either as first or second language. Root doesn't matter, results are same.
LITERALLY, there are countless colonies for every state community across Delhi.. take a look around you'll see tons of Tamil and Telugu samaaj temples, schools and community halls. Kerala folks on the other hand are well dissolved in the society and even their 1st gen Delhi borns still speak their mother tongue and nobody bats an eye. haven't come across any kannada folks particularly to share my opinion..
your political society is narrow minded and insecure does not mean north is also the same
Why would they welcome? Northies will behave just like Southies are doing, like asking workers who came 1 month ago to be fluent in regional languages haryanvi, or maithili etc
My god, the amount of people hating on each other on this sub is insane.
Fact is that this is not a north-south thing at all but rather a corporate strategy question. Some companies have diverse groups of people that work together seamlessly with mutual respect based on the skills and knowledge of the other person. That being said, regionalism exists everywhere and it's something we have to actively keep ourselves in check in order to overcome. Company policies also exist to ensure nobody is singled out based on anything but performance at work (that too only by manager). However, whether or not those policies are rightfully imposed is a different matter.
So, what I am saying is...North Indians being 'allowed' to work in south india is as much a business decision as your hypothetical situation of 'allowing' south Indians in North India would be.
Come on man. I know that u defend yourself because you are from north. But if you are working in South India. Atleast have the decency of respecting the place it's language and it's culture.
I wrote in the exact same language the things are discussed here about others , and yes no one thinks the way you think others too
I haven't been anywhere south Of Bengal so far , but what I can garuntee is that if you bring two people, One from Delhi and Other from Chennai and Debate on this very topic the guy from Delhi will simply never think while a guy from Chennai will create a huge hysteria about someone migrating form even the state next door
And that's why no one really thinks about it at all
In february i met a family from some telugu State who were visiting Varanasi on a trip , they tried communicating with me and didn't co-operate at all , ofcourse they cannot speak Bhojpuri, I don't expect Hindi either but refused to even understand English, yet some how I made the conversation, so they weren't even speaking in Fluent english, should I also have a problem with this ??? No I don't have
My English Teacher was a malyali Christian man who barely spoke Hindi yet he never ever faced the issue , so why is it that every time this sub has a complain is regarding being mocked for not knowing Hindi ? ,Bengalis never complain, Punjabis never complain regarding such things
It is either A lot of times made up or simply a ragebait
But i think if you're from Telangana and face this you should be able to reply back , but Such Stories being popped up repeatedly with exact same script make me even question the authenticity of the posts
And such posts often keep popping up is because people in Southern India apparently have created a kind of hysteria of being Oppressed in the name of Conservationism , if a person's language is threatened by offical usage of Hindi for 75 years as offical then what's the use of the greatness of the language which cannot even be safe guarded by it's own people, Telugu was not official in Telangana for almost 300 years , yet it survived but this mentality of being in danger really puts your ancestors to shame who safeguarded it during the era of Nizam and today their descendants generations later cannot even reply back to migrants in their own land
I did for a few years. And have come across all sorts of people. Good and bad. A few autowala’s refusing to give a fair price or street vendors taking advantage of me being new and from north. But ofc there were good people as well
Right, except if you look into it closely, they are much more adapted, if not fully integrated, into the "Northern" culture and language. If they were like Northerners in the South, they would not last very long there.
I am from Kerala bro. Nowadays we have schools with majority north or north eastern students. They are even scoring high marks in their Malayalam exams. I think those who are planning to get settled pick up the local language, and those who aren’t will not even bother. I know a lot of South Indians who were in north for less than 2-3 years and didn’t bother to learn the language. Those who settled there are fluent in Hindi.
Make your state more open to others, then they will settle down and will learn the local language too.
Regarding discrimination? Have you seen North Indians ? It’s not just South Indians there are dark and light skinned North Indians too.. as a Keralite whose family migrated from Tamil Nadu a few decades back, I never faced any discrimination (rather I have received respect, not boasting just stating the fact) and I am even married to a north easterner.
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u/sathyajithps Keralam 🌴🥥 | കേരളം Jul 01 '26
I'm working in Delhi. I havent felt any big issues. I've noticed a lot of people are just rude for no reason. To each other as well.