Chennai discussions II

[hotshot]

Originally Posted by Marathaman

Atleast Chennai is more much more pleasant and and liveable than most UP cities like Lucknow/Kanpur etc.

Chandigarh is a Union Territory and Delhi has its own Chief Minister, that's why they are better administered.

Yups both your points are very true...chennai better than many ...and lucknow isn't that bad yaar

[ranga]

Originally Posted by yashchauhan

Well they don't say the same about Hyderabad,Vizag,COchin,Bangalore..infact they say that Hyd and mysore are the cleanest in India and I have been to Hyderabad ,Bangalore and Mysore,OOty and i preceived south to be more orderly and clean than north..never got to go to chennai but same people find it filthy..its not weather and not also the southern bias...its more because chennai is much more older and grander than the rest!!!

I stay in Hyderabad.I am surprised that Hyderabad is cleanest in India.Are u sure u r referring to Hyd Deccan not Hyderabad sind in pakistan.If so,kindly check ur eyes and nose.

[ranga]

Originally Posted by hotshot

Have you been to Chandigarh or New Delhi???????

Just a question, i really do find your comments to be biased and self made!!

Yes chandigarh is clean and only planned city of the country planned by not an indian but a foreigner.New Delhi planned by the English rulers has now deteriorated after six decades of swadeshi rule.

[Marathaman]

Chennai was also planned by the British

[Arul Murugan]

Originally Posted by Marathaman

Chennai was also planned by the British

Only George Town was planned by them. But that has become more congested place of Chennai city now.

[ranga]

Originally Posted by hotshot

When did i say anything about Delhi yaar,???

I just talked about Delhi NIFT which is tough nut to crack..not delhi city..!!

What i was saying is tat Chennai is not clean , i don't go on people saying this and people saying that , i only form my opinion when i see it myself, been there seen it not clean..thats it..its all what i saw during my trip recently..bro don't take it personally i am just letting you know my UNBIASED experience

If a fellow Indian comments about cleaniness of a city when the entire country is full of filth and garbage it sounds biased.I lived in Delhi during my service and know many parts are filthier than the southern cities including chennai.Added to that eve teasing is rampant in Delhi and now the medieval culture of honour killings.Delhi despite having the advantage of being capital of the second most populous country of the world does't look like say Bejing of CHINA.This my observations of my five years of stay in Delhi.its all filth coupled with rudeness allround.Its what i saw and still see of our National capital.

[Marathaman]

Will the esteemed citizens of Delhi agree to vacate their homes for a 6 lane highway through middle of Sarojini Nagar?

[ranga]

Originally Posted by hotshot

Yups both your points are very true...chennai better than many ...and lucknow isn't that bad yaar

Lucknow the city of havelis,erstwhile nawabs, tehezib and beautiful women has its own charm but the city is't clean janab.

[Marathaman]

All the Tehzeeb and havelis part is pre-colonial. Before the city was torn down to ruins during the revolt of 1857.

[ramvaradan]

Originally Posted by ranga

If a fellow Indian comments about cleaniness of a city when the entire country is full of filth and garbage it sounds biased.I lived in Delhi during my service and know many parts are filthier than the southern cities including chennai.Added to that eve teasing is rampant in Delhi and now the medieval culture of honour killings.Delhi despite having the advantage of being capital of the second most populous country of the world does't look like say Bejing of CHINA.This my observations of my five years of stay in Delhi.its all filth coupled with rudeness allround.Its what i saw and still see of our National capital.

The honour killing really ought to be termed 'hate crime/hatred killing; ... because there is nothing honourable about it, although I know the word in the context 'honour' does not suggest that.

I just prefer to give a despicable term to a disgusting act.

[Arasu]

Originally Posted by sridhar_n

Comparing Chennai with any other city is in vain, it is all only relative. Bottom line is that all indian cities are filthy. Chennai is not clean and let us do our part to make it clean - like not littering, stopping our friends who litter etc. Couple of months back I along with my friends went to Marina and cleaned the place voluntarily. I hope the people who saw us cleaning would stop littering. Let us spread awareness.

[Arasu]

Originally Posted by ranga

If a fellow Indian comments about cleaniness of a city when the entire country is full of filth and garbage it sounds biased.I lived in Delhi during my service and know many parts are filthier than the southern cities including chennai.Added to that eve teasing is rampant in Delhi and now the medieval culture of honour killings.Delhi despite having the advantage of being capital of the second most populous country of the world does't look like say Bejing of CHINA.This my observations of my five years of stay in Delhi.its all filth coupled with rudeness allround.Its what i saw and still see of our National capital.

I have lived in both Delhi and Bombay. It is my personal opinion based on my observations that Indian as a country would have done a lot better, if Bombay (Mumbai) had been made the capital of our country.

Bombay set a very good example for work culture, private enterprise, reward for hard-work, less focus on show but more on real stuff, minding your own business, let and let live, etc, etc.

My observation of Delhi was the opposite in many instances. More on show-off then doing the real stuff, focus on material/outwardly/supercilious stuff than deeper/inner things, stereotyping of people/cultures, arrogance, babu/power culture which tries to stop work rather than productive/constructive work.

It could be wrong and a sweeping generalisation - could be the biased opinion of a South Indian guy. But, that is my personal opinion anyways.

[Marathaman]

Delhi has this culture since the days of the Mughal empire. That's how things were run back then - patronage and family ties.

[ChennaiIndian]

Originally Posted by Arasu

I have lived in both Delhi and Bombay. It is my personal opinion based on my observations that Indian as a country would have done a lot better, if Bombay (Mumbai) had been made the capital of our country.

Bombay set a very good example for work culture, private enterprise, reward for hard-work, less focus on show but more on real stuff, minding your own business, let and let live, etc, etc.

My observation of Delhi was the opposite in many instances. More on show-off then doing the real stuff, focus on material/outwardly/supercilious stuff than deeper/inner things, stereotyping of people/cultures, arrogance, babu/power culture which tries to stop work rather than productive/constructive work.

It could be wrong and a sweeping generalisation - could be the biased opinion of a South Indian guy. But, that is my personal opinion anyways.

+1

Bombay is more friendly to people speaking any Indian language compared to Delhi.

[bharathkasthuri]

Mumbai friendly: My experience is not so. I was forced to talk in Hindi even with English speaking population during my visits there.

[vs007]

Why are we discussing sarojini nagar, delhi, mughal empire in Chennai discussions thread?

[bharathkasthuri]

Since yesterday this thread started discussing on cleanliness and comparative study of cities. Delhi has become the core topic of discussion. I think we will run through all areas of Delhi and Mumbai and then we will be back to Chennai.. Every week im seeing this trend. You come back next week this will happen. We are used to comparison since childhood.

[hotshot]

Originally Posted by ChennaiIndian

+1

Bombay is more friendly to people speaking any Indian language compared to Delhi.

Hahaha nice go to mumbai first my frnd , you can speak any language here in Delhi and still not get beaten up...try it on the other side...

Ranga yours is just plain made up stories so i ignore you ...your comments shows you are hurt

[Arul Murugan]

Originally Posted by hotshot

Hahaha nice go to mumbai first my frnd , you can speak any language here in Delhi and still not get beaten up...try it on the other side...

Ranga yours is just plain made up stories so i ignore you ...your comments shows you are hurt

Other than Hindi what language is needed in Delhi? That is not the case with other metropolitan cities.

Every city has its own advantages and dis-advantages, here I don't want degrade any city.

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Hope the thread get back into Chennai discussion.

[hotshot]

Originally Posted by Arul Murugan

Other than Hindi what language is needed in Delhi? That is not the case with other metropolitan cities.

Every city has its own advantages and dis-advantages, here I don't want degrade any city.

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Hope the thread get back into Chennai discussion.

Oh we people must be gawar then...just hindi ..no english ...

boss Punjabi , hindi, Bengali, English, Kannada etc etc are all very common languages in Delhi...Arul you have never been to delhi then