POST COVIDIAN KERALA : ADDRESS CRUMBLE ZONES FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
Better Than The Best God's Own Country Kerala’s fight against COVID-19 has been remarkable. The e fficiency with which the state managed the pandemic is trending on social media.In the ‘covidian’ fight, Kerala has proved to be better than the best. Miles ahead in many social indices, other Indian states will take eons to catch up with Kerala. Crumble Zones Amidst euphoria of ‘success’ against COVID, some disturbing headlines also appeared . These were about Karnataka sealing its borders, Tamil Nadu controlling flow of goods, dumping of 80,000 litres of milk, protest by migrant workers, ‘nokku kooli’ (gawking charges) problems, impending return of jobless expatriates, loss of revenue from liquor sales, death of patients denied medical care and an estimated loss of 80% GSDP, each a pointer to socio- economic crumble zones integral to the state. Fragile and heavily dependent food security, inadequate industrial production, industry-unfriendly environment, e...