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Kerala is the most developed state
by Jyothis Narayanan on May 18, 2006 04:06 PM

Development of a state must be measured on its social development indexes like literacy, availability of health facilities, infant mortality rate, and population growth rate, ratio between girls and boys and awareness towards laws. Even World Bank and capitalistic economists are agreeing with that. In all these indexes Kerala is at par with developed countries in the west. Left movements in Kerala have played an important role in achieving that. I sense very distressing while watching people staying on the roadside of our great metros like Chennai and Bombay. If you go just 100 Km away from these metros you can spot wholesome human exploitation also. They lack awareness about leading a better life and even their coming generations wont be able to achieve that. But in Kerala, even if you go to remotest village, you can see the same social and economical conditions existing in Kochi or TVM. Ninety five percentages of beggars in Kerala are from other states only. Those who talk about wealth creation and significance of competition must understand the importance of setting right social platform for that. A tribal sleeping under a sandal wood tree may not have the awareness and informa

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