We are all missing the point here.
Out of more than 60 years of independence, Congress has merely ruled Kerala for 10-15 years. Communist/Socialist parties are regularly re-elected in Kerala.
It's like saying Communism is better than Democracy. It's like saying China is better than India.
Plus communism doesn't believe in religion. For them religion is poison. Religion is quite important part of any Indian's life. In communism lenient Dharmic religions won't stand a chance. Look at China! There are more Christians in China now than Buddhist/Confusian. The same thing's happening in Kerala. Hindus are on verge of becoming a minority.
that's not true. The #1 religion in China is folk religion, officially Confucian-Buddhist-Taoist, but what I like to call grandma's superstitions.
Religion in China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With around 400 million adherents Chinese folk religion is one of the major religions in the world, comprising about 6% of world population.[12][14] In China over 30% of the population adheres to Shenism or Taoism.[13]
In 2010, according to an official survey conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and published in the 2010 Bluebook Annual Report on China's Religions, the number of Protestants in China is 23.05 million, or 1.8% of the total population.[83][84][85] At the same time, a survey conducted by sociologist Fenggang Yang (specialised in the study of religion in Chinese societies) and the Purdue's Center on Religion and Chinese Society, revealed that 18% of the Chinese are Buddhist, 15% are non-religious and 3.2% are Christian.[24] These statistics are fairly similar to those reported by the 2008 Pew Forum survey.[25]
In my opinion, Kerala is doing it the right way. A developing country has to get literate first, as education is the backbone of industrial development. You cannot industrialize on a population of illiterate serfs. Kerala is doing what Mao did in China 1949-1976. Despite being poorer than Africa, China had life expectancy higher than South Korea until 1980 and a 93% youth literacy rate, 80% overall when Mao died. It shows that to live a long healthy life and to get educated doesn't actually cost that much money, even for a really big population. Its the "luxuries" that cost more.
The first 40 amps of power delivered to a home change lives. For 40 amps, you get light at night, can connect to the internet and have a refrigerator to store food. That's modernity already. For an average of less than 1 milliamp per home, a community can open a centralized laundry.
The next 300 amps delivered to a home, for an air conditioning/heating system, TV, personal washing/drying machine, electrical appliances, etc. are purely optional, but it is far more expensive than the 40 life changing amps.
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