Two outsiders talk about two important cities in south India, Bangalore and Chennai.

Jaya Jha makes this observation about Bangalore

Foremost, I am looking forward to living in Bangalore. I have seen it attract intellectuals from remote corners of the nation and keep them. It is a city, which has not yet come to terms with its mordernity completely. It is tremendously progressive, but never lets the ground out of sight.

and Atul Thakare’s friend makes the following observation about Chennai

So traveling in Chennai for an outsider like my friend was even worse than in the local trains in Mumbai.So my friend who went back to Bangalore a couple of days back wrote me that Tamilnadu is not only the most conservative but also the poorest state in INDIA. And Chennai is the most conservative and Poorest Metro(though it’s not a fact).

This makes me wonder how these “conservative” cities always elect liberal politicians and many “liberal” states elect conservative right wing party like BJP. Paradox, huh!!