A couple of days ago, Lt. Gov. of Delhi confirmed that North Indians take pride in breaking the law. You can read about it (and watch the video) here. With this he has successfully started a controversy (wasn't that easy?). I remember once when I had heard "You north indians!" in Bangalore. And I know for sure that traffic sense in Hyderabad is horrible. I know people who will not break traffic laws in other parts of the world and refuse to follow them in Hyderabad. "That's the Hyderabad way!" (just like Chicago!) they say. They do this just to avoid some very minor inconveniences. I have not seen this in Bangalore, Pune and Mumbai. So why single out north indians.
I think it's basically people want to get ahead of everyone in life at any cost. It's called ambition. When ambition supersedes fear of law, that's when we think it's ok to break the law to go ahead. Another case is when you think you are smart, smarter than everyone else and laws don't apply to you and you break laws for kicks. Maybe, it's just that north indians and Hyderabadis are more ambitious than people in other states. That's a good quality, isn't it? :)
Yours Sincerely,
