A sense of being different from the rest of the country has followed to the day. Kerala the state was formed from the three kingdoms of Travancore, Cochin and Malabar in 1956. Almost immediately, the country drew the ire of the central government by electing a communist government in 1957. It repeated the trick in 1988. Kerala has the highest literacy rate in India, as well as one of the highest unemployment rates.
Names here can be a bit confusing.
The state government recently changed all city names from Hindi to their original Malayalam, the local language. Unfortunately, no one uses the new names so getting around can be a problem. Due to the wild swings of ideologies, political turmoil remains constant, according to the locals. Street Fighting Men Which helped explain the fistfight in the street. As we stepped out of the cab into Trivandrum, we walked straight into a small riot.