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The independence of India from its British masters did not automatically translate into the idea of “One Nation, One People”. India has always been, and still remains, a country patched together like a quilt — different states, different languages, different dialects, different dressing styles, different customs, different cuisines… even different Gods.
When I was growing up in Chandigarh in the 1960s, 70s and early 80s, stereotypes were pretty well defined. And, deeply entrenched. Anybody from south of the Vindhyas was simply a Madrasi. It was as if no other state existed in the southern half of India. Anybody from the East
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