kerala
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Lessons to Learn from Kerala
Vijay Prashad interviews the finance minister of the populous Indian state about the “hop, skip and jump” gains by the Left Democratic Front government there. Continue reading
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There Are So Many Lessons to Learn from Kerala: The Eleventh Newsletter (2021)
18 March 2021 — Tricontinental Anujath Sindhu Vinaylal (India), My mother and the mothers in the neighborhood, 2017. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Indian farmers and agricultural workers have crossed the hundred-day mark of their protest against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They will not withdraw Continue reading
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Red, red Kerala hails Pinarayi’s leadership
Malayalis attribute high importance to democratic elections in general, but the elections to the local bodies and the state assembly are of exceptional importance. Like in any part of the world where the roots of democracy and representative rule run deep and devolution of power percolates down to the grass roots, it is the local… Continue reading
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Kerala’s Covid story is hard to replicate
The Times of India featured a tantalising commentary last week titled Kerala shows the way: Decades of investment in public health is helping the state control Covid-19. The title is self-explanatory. The commentary showered fulsome praise, rightly so, on Kerala’s success in controlling the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 