(a) Indians from eastern part of the country :- The people from this part of the country are usually the most intellectual people and are more inclined to the literary and scholarly skills. As this is evident from the world famous scholars India has produced from this region like Ravindranath Tagore the Nobel prize winning poet who penned our national anthem 'Janganamana' , Bankim Chandra Chatopadhya who is the author of our national song 'Vandemataram' the slogan that still keeps resonating in India from the days of freedom struggle. It is no surprise to find that the brave hearts like Subhash Chandra Bose the founder of Azad Hind Fouz (Indian Army) gave our country the war cry of 'Jai Hind' which even today brings the patriotism in each and every Indian from nook and corner of the country.
To emphasize this theory is the evidence of Amartya Sen the Nobel prize winning economist from University of Cambridge. Pranab Mukherjee the modern day trouble shooter of the current UPA government could also fit into the intellectuals the region has produced. The prince of Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly, who built the strong Indian Cricket team of young and bold Indian cricketers who went on to scale the pinnacles of Cricket in all the formats of game. Challenging the world dominance in the game that is more than a religion and binds the country that is divided by so many religions, cultures, languages etc.
(b) North Indians :- The region is political power center of the country, the people from this region are usually are hungry for power not surprising for a region that has been the capital city of the country from centuries before our independence. The people from this region are expressive, great leaders who attract the masses in leading the country. These are extrovert and are dominating in nature as these are the qualities that are primal to powerful personality.
The ancient history is also evidence of this fact, that the famous Hindu Upanishad 'Mahabharat' has its capital city of Hastinapur in northern India. The emperor Chandragupta Mourya hails from north eastern part of the country Patliputra modern day Patna who had the political guru in the form Chanakya. The Moguls had Delhi / Agra as their capital city for centuries before Indian Independence. The modern day examples of the leaders of the most political parties in the north who always have an eye on 7 Race Course Road unlike their counterparts from rest of the country.
The cricketing example of the personalities can be drawn from the attitudes of Virendra Sehwag who has little patience to dominate from the first ball in any format of the game. Kapil Dev the leader of the famous 1983 world cup winning team who took on the mighty West Indians.
(c) Indians from western part of the country :- This region excels itself in being the epicenter of the merchants of the country, the region has the rich history of business people and families who have the keen intelligence and knack of running the business. The region famous all over the world for diamond merchants, oil and petroleum companies, retail merchants and entrepreneurs who can start and run a successful business in any part of the world leave aside India.
This could be a little surprise that we have our financial capital Mumbai in the western part of the country and the modern day business families like Tata's, Birla's and Ambani's are from this part of the country. In addition being the financial hub of the country the city of Mumbai also has the world famous Bollywood film industry that draws parallel's to Hollywood in presenting a lucrative and magical dreams to the people from all the parts of the country. Mumbai in a true perspective is a conglomeration of the financial world of New York City and the Hollywood glamour of LosAngeles, this should sum up the discussion that Mumbai is the city that is not only the financial capital of the country but also draws crowds from all the corners of the country.
May I also take the liberty to highlight the richest cricket board of the world BCCI is headquartered in Mumbai.. And the place of my idol Sachin Tendulkar the modern day diety of Cricket in India, the person who is the crowd puller and highest paid cricket of 90's and most part of the last decade.
(d) South Indians :- The people from this region are not dominating but are very accommodating and hence very good team players rather followers than leaders. The people from this part of the country are good at academics, more diplomatic, normally shy and introverts. The demography of this region is usually very good at the academics in topics like mathematics, science and technology.
This should be no surprise that this region has produced world renowned mathematicians like Ramanujan, academicians like Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and famous scientists like Sir CV Raman the scientist who explained Raman effect. The modern day examples of the scientists could be APJ Abdul Kalam the missile man and the former president of the country, who is a classic example of his science and technology mastery and shy / introvert nature with his easily distinguishable hair style. The famous chess world champions that hail from the region like Vishwanathan Anand.
To explain the diplomatic skills of the famous people from this region how could one ignore the silent political heads of 90's prime minister PV Narsimha Rao who with his then finance and present day prime minister Manmohan Singh carried India out of turbulent economic times. Not to forget that the present day Chandra babu Naidu's, Chidambaram's, Karunanidhi's who through diplomatic skills still continue to play crucial role in the diplomatic back channels of running the country.
To emphasize the facts that the region is home to more number of academic demography can be found from the number of information technology companies like Infosys, TCS, Wipro and Mahindra Satyam have originated with Bangalore and Hyderabad as their headquarters.
It is so appropriate to summarize with the examples of famous cricketers like Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. These players from southern part of the country are rated high for their skill and stylish cricketing talent, down to earth nature, diplomatic statements and never trying to dominate the opponents by their attitude but by their cricketing skills.
(e) Indians from central part of the country :- Considering that the rich and royal Indian background of being the home to many royal families of India this part of the country is rich in it's Indian traditions and culture. The region had produced the brave hearts like Jhansi ki Rani the brave leaders who fought during the Indian Independence. This region is rich in the forests, mines and rich natural resources of the country and the tribal culture and people.
The kind of explanation that had been offered in the comparatively backward state of the central part of the Indian has particularly grabbed my attention and I agree with the rational behind it.
When you move from east to west of the country, the intellectual skill set is takes a downward route. May I say the merchandising and business knack of the people follows a upward trend.
When you move from west to east of the country, the business knack and entrepreneurship skills take a downward trend. Or put it in a positive note the intellectual skill set of the person increases.
When you move from north to south of the country, the dominating and extrovert nature of the people is reduced. To put it otherwise the diplomatic skills of people increase.
When you move from south to north of the country, the academic accommodating and diplomatic nature of the people is reduced. To take an optimistic view the extrovert and dominating attitude takes precedence.
Now that I brought an example of the cricketing fraternity to stress the nature of the people in the region, let me complete this loop with another cricketer. Well of course I am going to refer to Dhoni the current Indian Captain who has won all the major world championships in all the formats of the game with a bunch of young and experienced cricketers by carrying the baton from Sourav, Dravid and Anil.
However good can be an explanation of all the regions and personalities of people from different parts of the country, we are still one, Indians!
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