Malayali Muslims are one of the most chill group of people I've ever been around.
They are so assimilated to Malayali culture, yet deeply religious and respects everyone else's beliefs too.
People of Malappuram and Kozhikode have been some of the nicest people I've ever met.
@americakaran India never goes from 1 to 10 in a sequence, but it will reach there. I see some improvement in thought processes related to walkable areas , parks especially in private sector. And in India the private sector makes better cities - brigade gateway bengaluru or Hiranandani powai.
@americakaran@daojus While m the last person to say “no cutting of trees”, the beauty of the road is the treeline near vytilla. This diversion of traffic through Angamaly - Aroor will also ensure the trees stay as no elevated highway!
While I bemoan Kerala’s car centric planning, cancelling Edapally-Aroor Expressway which would’ve cut Kochi into two, and prevented any metro or LRT from being built there, for an 8-lane access-controlled tolled Ring Road around it, is definition of good transit-friendly planning
Considering how peaceful Delhi protests have been compared to the analogous youth protests in Nepal and Bangladesh, I'm inclined to believe in Indian exceptionalism in this regard. At least when it comes to Gen Z.
@americakaran Only as long as congress doesn’t spoil its own changes by making someone else the CM. Malayalees know the hard work put by this guy to revive UDF in the state, can’t just go to someone that has the funds & mlas.
I really hope that the Chief Minister being from Kochi will finally lead the state to abandon the previous government’s IDIOTIC “hub-and-spoke model” for tech industry and instead dump all attention on Kochi instead.
Building Kochi into a real Metropolis is the “Fix Everything Button” for Kerala.