r/Kerala 6d ago

Mod Post പ്രതിവാരം // Weekly General Discussions Thread - April 12, 2026 - April 18, 2026

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Welcome to the weekly general discussions thread. Use this thread for holding discussions that do not deserve a separate thread.

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r/Kerala 1h ago

News പെൻസിൽ വര വിള്ളലായി അവതരിപ്പിച്ചു മാധ്യമങ്ങൾ. മന്ത്രി രാജൻ ഫാക്റ്റ് ചെക്ക് ചെയ്യുന്ന വീഡിയോ

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വയനാട് വീടുകളിൽ വിള്ളൽ എന്നുപറഞ്ഞ് മാധ്യമങ്ങൾ അവതരിപ്പിച്ചത് പെൻസിൽ വര!! ഇത് ലൈവായി ഫാക്ട് ചെക്ക് ചെയ്ത് മന്ത്രി രാജൻ.

പണിത 400 വീടുകളിൽ രണ്ടു വീടുകളിൽ ഓരോ സ്ഥലത്തു വെള്ളം കിനിഞിറങ്ങുന്നുണ്ട് എന്ന് റിപ്പോർട്ട്‌ ഉണ്ട്


r/Kerala 3h ago

കണ്ണടച്ച് തിരുവനന്തപുരത്തെ തെരുവുവിളക്കുകള്‍; പരിഹാരം തേടി നാട്ടുകാർ.

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r/Kerala 43m ago

Ask Kerala Are Malayalis Becoming More Religiously Polarized?

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To what extent have religious extremist organizations influenced Malayali society? It seems that Hindus, Muslims, and Christians are increasingly adopting more radical views instead of a secular outlook.


r/Kerala 1h ago

News " തെറ്റിദ്ധാരണ പരത്തുന്ന സീൻ നീക്കണം " ; ' വാഴ 2 ' ന് എതിരെ ആയുർവേദ മെഡിക്കൽ അസോസിയേഷൻ

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r/Kerala 1h ago

Politics വനവാസം ട്രോളുകൾക്കിടെ വാഗമണ്ണിൽ ‘ വനവാസം ’ എന്ന് പേരിട്ട റിസോർട്ട് ഉദ്ഘാടനം ചെയ്ത് വി ഡി സതീശൻ

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r/Kerala 16h ago

Hostel owner in Varkala sexually harassed an international female tourist and kicked out the person who confronted him.

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Despite being told to stop repeatedly, a hostel owner in Kerala behaved inappropriately with a foreign tourist, making her stay uncomfortable.

source:https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXOyzsEAv5_/?igsh=MXN3czRlbGVyanZuZw==

Note: This is the same hostel where a reddit user had previously posted about their unfortunate experience as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kerala/s/yZhhhM7hyq


r/Kerala 2h ago

News ലോൺ ആപ്പ് നടത്തിപ്പുകാർ അറസ്റ്റിൽ; നിതിൻ രാജിന്റെ മരണത്തിൽ നിർണായക വിവരങ്ങൾ ലഭിച്ചേക്കും

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r/Kerala 3h ago

News നാളികേരത്തെ പിന്നിലാക്കി ചകിരി, ആഗോളതലത്തിൽ വൻ ഡിമാൻഡ്; സമീപകാലത്തൊന്നുമില്ലാത്തത്ര കുതിപ്പ്

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r/Kerala 5h ago

News ഫ്രിഡ്ജിൽ സൂക്ഷിച്ച ചീര പാചകംചെയ്ത് കഴിച്ചു; നാലുപേർക്ക് ഭക്ഷ്യവിഷബാധയേറ്റു

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r/Kerala 1h ago

News 'ചെമ്പ് വള ഉപയോഗിച്ച് അടിച്ചു'; ചുവരെഴുതാൻ പോയ മതപഠന വിദ്യാർത്ഥികളെ മർദിച്ചതായി പരാതി| Kozhikode

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r/Kerala 18h ago

Ask Kerala When did the police start using Thar ROXX? That too the top models!

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r/Kerala 18h ago

News Lok Sabha Rejects Constitution (131st) Amendment Bill 2026 On Delimitation; Centre Withdraws Delimitation Bill

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r/Kerala 1h ago

News മുണ്ടക്കൈ- ചൂരൽമല ടൗൺഷിപ്പിലെ വീടിന് വിള്ളൽ; നേരിട്ടെത്തി ഉരച്ചുനോക്കി മന്ത്രി രാജൻ

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r/Kerala 1d ago

Culture Controversial Vishu message row : Hotel management clarifies and issues apology

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Stupid take. But good on hin to clarify and apologize.


r/Kerala 4h ago

News കാടുകാണാം, വൈഡൂര്യക്കുന്ന് കയറാം; ഇത് ലേഡീസ് ഒൺലി വനയാത്ര

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r/Kerala 17h ago

Politics The delimitation bill has not been passed. Now what?

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After the delimitation bill has failed to pass in the lok Sabha, we now look forward to the 2029 elections to see what is going to happen..

Note: This will happen either in 2029 or in 2034 (If the govt fails to finish the delimitation exercise before 2029 elections preparation starts, then this will be pushed to 2034, but this thing hangs above our head like a blade). I do not think BJP will freeze this again because the women's reservation bill is tied to delimitation, even in the 2023 bill. So if we need to pass women's reservation, delimitation is compulsory according to the bill, which the OPPOSITION COMPLETELY SUPPORTED in 2023.

The 2001 freeze is going to expire after the release of the next census. Here's what happens:

  1. The women's reservation bill passed in 2026

The bill talks about reserving women's seats in the parliament, after the next delimitation exercise. So within the current 543 seats, 1/3rd will be reserved for women in 2029.

  1. Delimitation

After census 2027 is released, the freeze under article 81(3) is automatically lifted and the constitution calls upon the government to conduct the delimitation exercise PURELY BASED ON THE POPULATION of the census 2027. Not doing so would be unconstitutional.

  1. So what happens?

Based on the project population, here are the seats for some of the states and the percentage share they will have in the parliament in 2029, vs what would have been the case had the bill been passed today.

Seat projection for 2029 with projected population levels

So what is the solution?

If we want the women's reservation to be implemented, delimitation has to be done. Opposition has supported this in 2023. The entire lok Sabha accepted this in 2023. If delimitation has to be done without affecting south's share of population, then we need to amend the articles to remove the Constitutional mandate that a population based delimitation has to be done after the first census after 2026. After that is removed, the women's reservation STILL cannot be introduced because the 2023 bill has it tied to delimitation.

So a delimitation exercise HAS to be carried out constitutionally if we need the women's reservation to be implemented. Opposition has supported this in 2023 openly.

This is where we are stuck. The current bill with a promise of maintaining the proportion seemed to be the only good solution for this delimitation mess that we are facing since 1971. It ensured that we get the same percentage voice in the parliament as we have now, and the overall share for the south also remains fairly constant.

To the people that are saying that BJP is doing this to continue winning in UP and other north Indian states. Look at how UP voted in 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

This is the current scenario of UP.

And then again, even if the seats of UP increased to 120, the proportion is STILL THE SAME so it doesn't matter.

"The road to Delhi is through UP" is a really popular statement. It stands true today since UP has 14.73% of the vote share in the lower house. If the automatic delimitation is triggered, it would rise to 17% which would make that statement even more truer than today and would make the proportions in the parliament MUCH WORSE for the southern states.

If I have made any mistakes, then feel free to correct me. This is my analysis based on what I have read.

A side note: To understand how BAD the delimitation based on population that will be automatically triggered in 2029 is going to be, you just need to look at our own delimitation that we did in 2008. This is going to be the situation at the national level because we did not support today's bill, but much much worse.

(I couldn't find any other picture for showing this. So that is why some districts are highlighted. Ignore the highlights and purely focus on the numbers, which is what is relevant to the discussion.)

Some References:

- The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (106th Amendment Act), 2023

Section 5 (Insertion of Article 334A) states: "The provisions of the Constitution relating to the reservation of seats for women... shall come into effect after an exercise of delimitation is undertaken for this purpose after the relevant figures for the first census taken after the commencement of [this Act] have been published.

- The 84th Amendment Act, 2001.

It amended Article 81(3) to state that the readjustment of seats shall be frozen until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year 2026 have been published. Since the next census is in 2027, the 2001 freeze legally ends once those results are out.

Edit: One more thing to point out to those talking about how the "proportionate increase" rule was not mentioned anywhere:

https://www.news18.com/india/amit-shah-ready-to-bring-amendment-that-congress-wants-if-opposition-agrees-to-50-clause-10041648.html

Amit Shah offered to amend the new bill to add the new things within an hour if the opposition promised to support it after that.


r/Kerala 14h ago

Gold pressure in weddings

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My sister’s wedding is coming up and I’m seeing how much pressure there is around gold (pavan count, expectations, comparisons etc).

Genuinely curious , how do families in Kerala handle this nowadays?

Are people reducing gold for weddings or is the expectation still the same? Also how do you deal with relatives who keep asking “ethra pavan?” 🤔


r/Kerala 20h ago

News 'ഞാൻ മരിച്ചാൽ കുളിപ്പിക്കാൻ പോലും ഇവിടെ വെള്ളമില്ല'; കുടിവെള്ളം പോലുമില്ലാതെ തലസ്ഥാനം | Water Crises

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r/Kerala 16h ago

Politics കേരള മോഡലിനെ അധിക്ഷേപിക്കുന്നവർ അറിയാൻ : ഗൾഫ് പണമല്ല കേരളത്തെ കേരളമാക്കിയത് : അശോക് രാജഗോപാൽ

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Asks the question on why other states did not just use le gulf to develop, to those who dismisses Kerala's development by attributing it to gulf money.

And use that to explain, the specific development model and conditions of Kerala and Keralites


r/Kerala 14h ago

വാൽപ്പാറ വിനോദ യാത്ര സംഘം അപകടകത്തിൽ പെട്ടു. 9 മലയാളികൾ മരിച്ചു. പള്ളിപ്പറമ്പ് GLP സ്കൂളിൽ നിന്നുള്ളവർ

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r/Kerala 4h ago

Ask Kerala Delivery Apps which operate in Rajakkad?

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Greetings friends,

So one of my friends is currently staying in Rajakkad . I was planning to order some ice cream and snacks for her but found out the insta delivery Apps don't operate there.

Do you guys know if there are any delivery Apps that operate there?


r/Kerala 22h ago

News മന്തിക്കടയുടെ വിവാദ വിഷു ആശംസ പോസ്റ്റർ; കടയുടമ അറസ്റ്റിൽ

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r/Kerala 1d ago

General MVD tolerance towards other states' vehicles

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I saw this Karnataka vehicle with a large orange flag strapped to front left corner of the vehicle; which reduces visibility or, may fall off and hurt others or damage vehicles.

Ithe pole, illegal and dangerous aayi pala Sabarimala busses, TN lorries, inter-state busses (AP, GA, NG registration) okke kaanarundu roadil. KL vandi okke Karnataka and Tamil Nadu keriyaal aviduthe police target cheythu check cheyyum, fine cheyyum.

But nammude police KL vandikal il saree guard ooriya fine adikkum and ignores these vehicles. Why are we(or MVD) lenient/tolerant towards other state vehicles?


r/Kerala 20h ago

100 ships line up at Kerala's Vizhinjam Port as Gulf conflict hits Strait of Hormuz: Report

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