Kerala is at a cr
itical juncture of its history, political process and economy. Over the last fifty years, Kerala made significant achievements in the area of social development, democratization and to some extent, economic growth. The most important challenge for the political and policy leadership of Kerala is to challenge the stagnation that is settling in at the core of our society and to have a new movement for renewing the creative energies, recharging our potential and crating a passionate vision for the future of Kerala.
Over the last 100 years, many factors, including a relatively healthy political party process, robust mass media, deeper influence of social reform movement and better access to education, played an important role in achieving better social development indicators. This has created a relatively empowered middle class society (in comparison to other states of India) with better social and political consciousness. The investment in education and health in the 1950s to 1980s created a competent and skilled labour force that could negotiate in the global market. Kerala is one of the first and most successful states in India in globalizing its relatively skilled or semiskilled labour force, with waves of migrant workers to Gulf countries and other parts of the world. (more…) »
