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North-South Syndrome: Some Premium Stereotypes from the Southie Research
1. “Dehati” is used for North Indians as an insult… without realizing it simply means villager.
2. Great obsession with proving many Northies are dark and many Southies are fair.
3. For some people, North Indian food begins and ends at Matar Paneer and Shahi Paneer*.
4. “North does not like South.” Ah yes, 600 million people had one meeting and unanimously decided.
5. All Northies are cow bhakts surviving exclusively on gau mutr, gobar, and WhatsApp forwards.
6. North Indians are all poor and uneducated.
7. Culturally North India means only Punjab. Individually it means only UP/Bihar.
8. Eternal confusion: where exactly does North start? Narmada? Vindhyas? Krishna? Cauvery? Depending on topic of debate.
9. In the North, apparently all religions are killing each other 24/7. Yet trains still run, weddings happen, markets open.
10. Casteism and gender bias exist only in North India. South reached Scandinavian enlightenment centuries ago.
North-South Syndrome: Some Premium Stereotypes from the Southie Research
1. “Dehati” is used for North Indians as an insult… without realizing it simply means villager.
2. Great obsession with proving many Northies are dark and many Southies are fair.
3. For some people, North Indian food begins and ends at Matar Paneer and Shahi Paneer*.
4. “North does not like South.” Ah yes, 600 million people had one meeting and unanimously decided.
5. All Northies are cow bhakts surviving exclusively on gau mutr, gobar, and WhatsApp forwards.
6. North Indians are all poor and uneducated.
7. Culturally North India means only Punjab. Individually it means only UP/Bihar.
8. Eternal confusion: where exactly does North start? Narmada? Vindhyas? Krishna? Cauvery? Depending on topic of debate.
9. In the North, apparently all religions are killing each other 24/7. Yet trains still run, weddings happen, markets open.
10. Casteism and gender bias exist only in North India. South reached Scandinavian enlightenment centuries ago.
Wait for what North thinks about South