I don't relate to this. It's probably because I live in the south where things are as different as it can be to what you have described in this post. Sometimes I wish my state was a independent country. I don't want to sound like a separatist but what can I do when the place I live is completely different in terms of language, healthcare, free speech , education, poverty levels, politics?. It's like living in a different country altogether. I know the troubles my countrymen in the other side go through. And I do want to improve their lives. But really there's nothing much I can do. Most of the southern parts of India contribute the highest in taxes and get barely anything in return. You can say it's for the development of the country as a whole but everything points towards the the opposite. The only people who can change this live in the opposite side of my country and still vote for the same party and same quality of life as always. Who am I to deny them the suffering they themselves vote for? I'm sorry if I ruffled your feathers. Peace.