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FreshEd #299 - Can You Hear The Subaltern Speak? (Bhavani Kunjulakshmi)

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Kerala: A Poor State in India

Kerala is a very interesting case, a southern Indian state which has very good educational achievements. 99% literacy among adolescents for both boys and girls against 65% male literacy and 50% female literacy in the nation as a whole. And in health too, it's stunningly above the national average. It has the same health data as Harlem in New York. So Kerala did that without actually having much economic growth, because its economic policies have been a failure.

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