ROLE OF ONE'S PLACE OF BIRTH & DOMICILE !!!

Does one's intelligence get affected by his / her place of Birth & Domicile ? Call me clannish, parochial and what not, but I firmly believe that the place of one’s birth, growing up, location of domicile all have great influence on his / her intelligence! Though I may not have necessary statistical data, analysis of variance to study and prove my hypothesis. But I firmly believe in this assumption.

It is not uncommon in Southern India, to hear commonly people talking about the higher level of intelligence of those who hail from the districts irrigated by rivers like Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery and Tamirabharani. It is a well known fact that civilization of human beings evolved and nurtured along the banks of perennial rivers.  All river valley civilizations whether it is Nile in Egypt, Sind river in India & Pakistan they nurtured great river valley civilizations. In the same manner Krishna, Godavari and Cauvery nurtured civilizations in South India.

These delta regions proved to be the cradle for arts, culture, science and what not! Fortunately, I had the opportunity to live as well as travel in this delta for a long time. After that I, have confidence to conclude, without an iota of doubt that one’s intelligence certainly gets affected by his / her place of birth and area of domicile.

There used to be a folk tale in Thirunelveli district. Kattabomman who was a king in the district wanted to build a palace. He wanted to choose a suitable place. He was going in the forest along with his hunting dogs which were chasing one hare. At a particular place the hare stopped. Turned back and stared at the ferocious chasing dogs. It stood to its ground. Kattabomman was impressed with what was happening in front of him. He chose that particular spot as his palace ground and constructed his palace. He was undefeatable by the British against whom he waged a war. He fell to them because of the betrayal of his brother. His palace can be found in a village known by the name Panchalamkurichi.

This story proves the point that a location and its soil have much more to offer in terms of valor as much as it has to offer in terms of intelligence.

If you travel along the river Cauvery or Tambrabarani in Tamil Nadu or along the river Krishna or Godavari in Andhra Pradesh you will encounter villages which have consistently produced some of the best brains in terms of academic achievements, artists, writers, philosophers, scholars and even industrialists. Some of the leading Industrial houses in Tamil Nadu like TVS, India Cements, Royal Enfield, Dinathanthi, Saravana Stores etc. all have their humble beginnings from the banks of the river Tambrabarani. It is not a tall claim to say that Godavari and Krishna banks in Andhra gave birth to many stalwarts in the field of arts and culture.

Though a vegetarian, I had the bad experience of shopping for vegetables in Talatamaty, Antananarivo markets in Madaascar regularly during my stay in Madaascar.  It was a common scene to find birds like Chicken and ducks getting slaughtered on the road side by vendors. The birds used to be allowed to stand without getting tied up or tied to one another. The birds would be so docile and waiting for their end without even fluttering their wings.

When we used to live in Malawi, we used to keep the frozen sachet of milk to get thawed.  There were days, when I had seen a cat sitting on the rocking chair relaxing. As soon as it saw me in the morning, it used to escape via the kitchen window which inadvertently was left in open condition. Not a single day it had attempted to touch or spill the milk from the sachet left for thawing.

I used to extrapolate and wonder what would have been the fate of the pack if it was an Indian cat!!

There are towns in India associated with tricky and naughty individuals who are known for their criticism, sarcasam & caustic commnets...probably because of the water they drink, air they breathe make them to inherit these traits!!

Let us choose our place of domicile with great care as we have no role to play in the place of birth  !!!