Comments on: Why Kannadigas are Inherently Lazy

By: Bala

Bala — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:04:51 +0000

Interestingly, I had a very similar thought some time back — http://balubk.blogspot.com/2009/02/civilization.html .

By: paparazzi

paparazzi — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:01:33 +0000

Did your professor give his students any tips on how to kick that laziness away and kindle some enthu? I badly need some advice…

By: shrikanthk

shrikanthk — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:52:14 +0000

Besides the weather, it has also got to do with the history of the place, i think. The Old Mysore region, governed by the Wodeyar clan, has largely had a peaceful history over the past 1000 years. Also, the princely state was known for its relatively laidback kings and benign administration. I’ve heard stories of huge dole-outs being given to the general public in Mysore city during Dasara festivities. So, it was definitely a somewhat pampered region.

I’m reminded of Orson Welles’ remark in the movie The Third Man :
in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

By: Mildy Impressed Pishachi

Mildy Impressed Pishachi — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:31:17 +0000

Not a bad observation at all. The very same is true for most of California, the Mediterranean and south France (to where every slogger, slave and investment banker wants to retire), and the observation still holds. Russel’s “In Praise of Idleness” immortalizes that with its opening para: “Everyone knows the story of the traveler in Naples who saw twelve beggars lying in the sun (it was before the days of Mussolini), and offered a lira to the laziest of them. Eleven of them jumped up to claim it, so he gave it to the twelfth.”

#2 randomly bringing in ACs – that is complete tosh. Controlled temperature and humidity does not exhaustively constitute good weather. Heck, we don’t even know _what_ factors constitute good weather, forget about setting them to optimal values.

Also, could you please enable an option to delete one’s own comments?

By: Raj

Raj — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:57:47 +0000

What about bongs!!

By: Harish

Harish — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:17:33 +0000

In this era of air conditioned offices, does it really matter?
The only way my laziness level is different in BLR than it is in Chennai, is in the morning when I am tempted to sleep for 20 mins more across the year. Ofcourse this 20 mins can become 40 in winter. Once you get past that and enter office – it is pretty much the same.

If you are alluding to longer term development of laziness,where you grew up is a major component of how lazy you are, my argument is Ked.

Anyway – I do agree to the NOTION that Bangaloreans are chilled out compared to Chn guys or Madrasis (as they are called).

By: mk

mk — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:15:36 +0000

Agreed. The whole thing goes to an extreme in case of the hilly /snowy parts of India, where people do no work whatsoever.

Additionally, the overall culture down south is more geared towards marriage, family, values, and stability… not adventure or aggressiveness.