Move over Panama, it’s now the turn of Somalia. The cry “PoMoneModi” (Go away, Modi) resounded on social media recently after the PM compared some of Kerala’s social welfare statistics with those of Somalia. Malayalis in unison hit out at the prime minister with the fury of the southwest monsoon. That famous over 90% literacy rate of Kerala being compared with the failed state of Somalia? Angry Malayalis roared like Malabar lions.
Pessimism about Kerala must be consigned to the backwaters. There isn’t a hospital in India not staffed by highly efficient Malayali nurses and many smoothly functioning offices have a Malayali super-boss supervising essential systems. And anyone who feels sad about sadya and Read More
