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By: Keshto Patel April 09, 2005 Views expressed here are author’s own and not of this website. Full disclaimer is at the bottom. 
FeedbackWhat good is of any state where you have highest literacy rate, better life expectancy, low infant mortality rate and overall better quality of life index, but you have economical chaos, rampant unemployment, Militant trade Unions, frequent strikes and 11,000 suicides a year, child Prostitution. A developed state or a failed one? Welcome aboard Kerala's sinking ship! Despite being an international tourist attraction with pristine sandy beaches (second best attraction after Tajmahal) tranquil water, hill stations, historic monuments, exotic wildlife, water canals with rice boats and lush green vegetation as endorsed by National Geography, this kerala boat is sinking fast with a gaping hole in it. The failed state is already living on a central dole of thousands of crores every year as a bankrupt economy a la Kashmir, apart from the fact that most Kerala expatriates are remitting stacks of dollars towards their native land from the gulf area which is concentrated with them coupled with tourist boom bringing financial injection in the local economy which is growing every year. But it seems that all of this is of no avail! Alas the state is in financial comatose. If Kerala were a corporation, it would have filed for bankruptcy. Can you imagine a chief minister of Kerala being denied a seat at the aircraft and threatened to be sent back from the airport just because the state has not paid its due to the concerned airline? How shameful and shocking it must be for such a VIP! But ask Mr. Anthony and he would honestly tell you what transpired when he was about to board a flight to Delhi and got turned down for state's bad credit standing with concerned airline. So how come that such a developing state with such a rich coastal area with a capable fishing industry and human resources would fail miserably as such? Blame it on COMCONG, an alliance of communists and congress for decades which has ruled this state with the help of Muslim League, who are virtually responsible for economical chaos of the state due to financial mismanagement, lack of transparency, lax laws, political corruption at high level, rampant unemployment, 11,000 suicides per annum and what not! While Saudi Arabia is the beheading capital of the world, no less is tiny Kerala, the world's suicide capital (per capita basis) with average 32 deaths per diem among 30 million of its inhabitants. Almost all Hindus. Kerala is not an industrial state, its a consumer state, the ideologies of communism have taken a toll on its infrastructure and industry with failed economics. If a capitalist has a choice he would rather invest in a vibrant growing state such as Gujarat or Maharashtra than an already crippled Kerala with Militant trade unions and frequent strikes. Kerala is a CO headquarters of communists along with West Bengal who have made sure to wipe Hindus out from Kerala with the active help of Congress and Muslim league. Thus the socio-politico-economy interests are trifurcated among Hindu Muslims and Christians in Kerala with 55 percent Hindus of the states. Again when such a scenario exists its difficult to coordinate policies which are hijacked on political and religious bias, hence the economic mismanagement is imminent due to political impasse, bottlenecks against the progress Alas too many cooks spoil the broth adage is being proven right in Kerala with all these monkey fights. There is no conducive atmosphere for industry and manufacturing due to mismanagement in planning and misplaced priorities of COMCONG. May be that's why the entrepreneurs are scarce commodity in Kerala and people are left to fend for themselves on tourism income and overseas remittance by keralite expatriates besides fishing industry, handicrafts and agrarian economy. Against this backdrop, the people of Gujarat are honest and hardworking with patriotic qualities who speak with one voice when it comes to garvi Gujarat, That's the best reason to determine that due to these exceptional qualities, Hindu unity, sense of belonging, Gujrat's economy is vibrant, engine of India's growth -- whopping 14 percent. Just five years ago the state was devastated with massive earthquake and got rebuilt, and if that was not enough, there came Ghodra. But despite these hurdles, the Guju people pulled it all through against massive odds. But why not Kerala?
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