North and South are different directions
There is a friend of mine who has been in North India for some time now; he had made a very interesting comment about the general attitude of people in the two halves of the country. He observed that his north Indians colleagues do not take things personally in a professional realtionship.Every body recognizes his position in the strata and does not go through a compelling need to fight supremacy. For example if there is a peon/assistant and he is chided by his superior (could or could not be at fault), he does not take it personally and doesn't put across an ego show. Having been in Chennai since his birth hood, he remarked, an auto driver (example) in Chennai would put across a competing show even when he is at fault or try to hallucinate a notional power element, to establish supremacy.
This was another discreet conversation which I had with my fellow colleague. He was from Ahmadabad and he had observed as to how a server in Chennai thinks that he is doing a favor by serving him and does not see an obsession to serve the customer better for whatever he pays. I would not deny it for I have experienced such disgusting moments when the server piles agony into me when he needs to be doing his duty for whatever is paid. I would not ask them to leave their self-respect in the process of doing their duty, for I would never loose it in any case.Arrogance, negligence and Self-respect are very different things.
I know that Mumbai is totally a different place when it comes to duty when a service is provided; Bangalore is okay, Chennai a notch down and Kolkotaaa (Oh My Godddd!!!).I thing this more to do with the culture /attitude prevalent in the society. I don’t whether I can really extrapolate this to the entrepreneurship which is based on the ability to see business opportunities and serve the customer with utmost diligence. I also feel that education is certainly a prime component when it comes to boosting ones self-respect and invoking a sense to appreciating egalitarian values. North India for sure has more successful entrepreneurs than South India. South India is for sure, has more literacy levels and they tend to offer their professional services.
This was another discreet conversation which I had with my fellow colleague. He was from Ahmadabad and he had observed as to how a server in Chennai thinks that he is doing a favor by serving him and does not see an obsession to serve the customer better for whatever he pays. I would not deny it for I have experienced such disgusting moments when the server piles agony into me when he needs to be doing his duty for whatever is paid. I would not ask them to leave their self-respect in the process of doing their duty, for I would never loose it in any case.Arrogance, negligence and Self-respect are very different things.
I know that Mumbai is totally a different place when it comes to duty when a service is provided; Bangalore is okay, Chennai a notch down and Kolkotaaa (Oh My Godddd!!!).I thing this more to do with the culture /attitude prevalent in the society. I don’t whether I can really extrapolate this to the entrepreneurship which is based on the ability to see business opportunities and serve the customer with utmost diligence. I also feel that education is certainly a prime component when it comes to boosting ones self-respect and invoking a sense to appreciating egalitarian values. North India for sure has more successful entrepreneurs than South India. South India is for sure, has more literacy levels and they tend to offer their professional services.
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interesting correlation between literacy rate, enterprenuership and the north south divide...i think traditionally mumbai has always been the land of opportunities in the sense if u wann make it big come to mumbai..where so long as u can pipe ur ego ur growth to glory is limitless...btw would like to recommend to u india unbound by gurcharan das..it has such interesting comparisons and much more...
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Sudarshan |
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