Outlook magazine has a special this week on the socio-economic progress the southern states of India (KA/AP/TN/KL; couldn't find much of PY or GA there) have made vis-a-vis the rest of the country.
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20070716&fname=JSouthern+Comfort+%28F%29&sid=1 http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20070716&fname=IHuman+Developement+%28F%29&sid=1 http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20070716&fname=KSadanand+Menon+%28F%29&sid=1 [probably more] Most of it is anecdotal; but parts did amuse, like this quote: "Consider this case. A popular actor/chief minister dies. His wife and his concubine contest his legacy and fight the election. The people vote the concubine as his heir. By what yardstick do you call this cultural conservatism?" My thinking is that the situation isn't much different from elsewhere in the country: - Religious riots/terrorist attacks in Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Calicut, Bangalore and elsewhere. - Suicides by farmers in AP & KL - Constant bickering between these states among themselves (mostly between TN and the other states :) which translates into xenophobia. Binand
