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Kerala - A Study on How it Stands Out

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This post come in the heels of Markandey Katju's famously calling Keralites the truest Indians. I agree to the praises he heaped on Keralites but calling Keralites, the true Indians is a little too far fetched. Within Indian Federalism all states are equal, I understand he doesn’t really care about being politically correct. Kerala is indeed a very good state, for its discipline, maturity and high sociopolitical awareness among the population. They are highly civilized. Some of the direct impact can be explained in the following stats: · Kerala has the literacy rate of a developed nation Kerala’s literacy rate (93.9%) when compared to a country is as good as South Africa while India’s average is worse than Uganda at 74.4%. · Kerala has the highest house ownership percentage (87.5%) This is 33.5% ahead of the national average and exactly 9% ahead of the second best Haryana · A staggering highest, sex ratio of 1084 females per 1000 males Even with an already high ...

Review: Suicide Squad (2016)

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Like any DC fan boy, I was waiting for this with bated breaths. But stepping in and seeing the way it starts, kills you. The film falls apart right from the beginning: The witch and her brother who come without much background, decide to go for a demolition plan, again in a massive scale without a lot of depth to their motivation to build a machine to destroy all of mankind. We have only been introduced to how the unconventional Task Force X have a difficulty getting through, against all the restrictions from the government and just when we expect to see more of a slow elation towards the build up: finally gelling together and hitting it off, they’re brought together, just like that and made to fight against the opposite forces. Harley Quin was only as good as the trailers while the Joker disappointed and don’t pin this on the benchmark Heath set, even if we see this as an independent performance, this is shallow. It is cliched beyond understanding, it almost makes you wonder w...