When you type "Why is [any Indian state]" for all the country's states in the Google search box, the top results that the auto-complete function returns can be revealing. The results tell us what the world is most curious about when looking for information about an Indian state.
So for 'Why is Nagaland' we get 'not a state' and 'Why is Tamil Nadu' returns 'against Hindi.' For all the states, see the table below. But if you want to play a parlour game, first try guessing yourself what search users are most interested in about a state.
So for 'Why is Nagaland' we get 'not a state' and 'Why is Tamil Nadu' returns 'against Hindi.' For all the states, see the table below. But if you want to play a parlour game, first try guessing yourself what search users are most interested in about a state.
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