kerala and its level of literate brains has been a point circling the chronicles of indian education system for over a decade now, a state often portrayed as the symbol of an educated developed india which still stuck to its roots to become god's own country, kerala slowly identified itself as the epitome the new 'inde' .
i have an inkling here that i seem to be exxagerating things a bit, but nevertheless i d like to leave it that way, my patriot way.
an undercurrent runs through my kerala though,something that makes me feel that of blatant casteism and shameless political propogandas which add to a divided society.
literacy is supposed to make u scietific in your outlook, look at the world from an educated eye, leave out the misgivings and wrong practices we have etched over the years which forms our society and then take it to a new level to base newer levels from there.
kerala somehow defies this logic, a once celebrated matriarchal society now heads the list of states where girls are cut down in the womb itself, the labour world votes for the coomunist 'cause they r pro-poor, the party in turn makes sure that the poor stays poor, a nice vicious cycle created strangely from educated minds, the result no industries to sustain the society.
nairs and ezhaons don't mix still, though there hardly seems any difference among them in the face of things, mappilas can't get inside a temple if they want to when ironically the symbol of kerala's hindu tradition sabarimala speaks of the bond of vavar (a muslim) and lord ayappa.
literacy is not a reflection of culture, and not a yardstick and neither a tool to ignite minds as our president would want, yet on the outset it certainly seems so...thts the way it goes here..irony thy name is india
i had a lot more on my mind by the time started this post, but a sleepy mind says put a full stop here.
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