kerala towns are not great places to live in because of all the flag-waving and strikes. you can't get to work, and the shops are closed on very small pretexts, and it costs a ton to buy land. besides, kerala is not a very friendly place for outsiders -- unless you speak malayalam, you are sort of never accepted. in other words, it's like 'thank you for coming and spending your money here, now please go home'.
kerala villages, on the other hand, are very nice. i have said for years that they are the best places to live in india, and the people are much nicer too. villages have all the positives of the towns, and few of the negatives, other than lack of employment opportunities.
in my opinion, the best town in india is bangalore despite the horrible traffic and the vertigo-inducing housing prices. chennai has such awful weather it's not acceptable. i didn't use to like mumbai, but now i am more positive about it. hyderabad is not bad either.
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From: Harish
From: Harish
Rajeev,
In a recent survey, 5 of the top places to live are in Kerala.
Kind of relates to the dichotomy b/w the best places to live and best places in India..
Cheers
harish
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Being from Kerala, I definitely agree with Rajeev. I would rate Hyderabad way above Bangalore, though.
ahh this is sensitive issue mate!! bangalore is good coz u dont need to know kannada is it?? or the fact that people are friendly ??for once i disagree with ur rajeev i suppose every local culture needs to respected not trampled and sacrificed !!
yeah this is a sensitive topic
:-) :-)
I would totally agree with @Sands..
It has become a second nature to many Indians to mock at Kannada and kannadigas while making millions sitting in Bangalore..
Calling Bangalore 'cosmopolitan' these days seems to be an easy way out for many Indians from making any effort to understand the local culture and sensitivies..
er... sands, i like bangalore because of the weather and the restaurants! which has nothing to do with local culture one way or the other, and in any case i am the one who has been waxing eloquent about hampi/vijayanagar, and saying that karnataka is my favorite state in the union.
boy, can't even take a compliment, eh? :-)
and i do speak a few words of kannada, although definitely far fewer than my broken tamil or hindi. i can't read kannada, though. entirely new script. i learned tamil just by looking at bus boards (bilingual ones in madras) because it is so similar to malayalam. and devanagari i had to learn in school. i guess i could use the 1-1 mapping between devanagari and kannada to learn it. one of these days :-)
"besides, kerala is not a very friendly place for outsiders -- unless you speak malayalam, you are sort of never accepted."
I agree with the other points regarding strikes etc., but not this one. Tokyo isn't friendly to the outsider unless one speaks Japanese, London isn't friendly to the outsider unless one speaks English, Delhi isn't friendly to the outsider unless one speaks Hindi, and Madrid isn't friendly to the outsider unless one speaks Spanish.
So why should Malayalis be the one who learn other languages for the benefit of outsiders? Those who want to live in Kerala or do business in Kerala will have to learn Malayalam or find some way to communicate. I am sure that enterprising businessmen don't let lack of knowledge of one language come in the way of doing business. They always find a way!
Again, I agree that Kerala isn't friendly due to other reasons -- strikes, Christists (whose only job it would appear is to convert anyone they meet into Christism), and Mullahs.
For Kannada script or any other language scripts a lovely site
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