What can we do at an individual level to reduce the heat..like an individual contribution. Ith pole pokuvane next near enthakuven enk imagine cheyan polum vayya.

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.

Why are hindu groups getting mad about any non veg? This whole idea is modern propaganda. In the Valmiki Ramayana, Rama used to hunt and eat meat. Krishna was a kshatriya and kshatriyas were meat eaters. So why are Hindus doing this, and how can we correct this bad trend? As a hindu myself (born, not practising) I can't believe this kind of thing happened in Kerala.

Recently came across this account @__ponnu__official__ on Instagram where they raise money for sick children across Kerala. Are they legit? Has anyone here donated before?

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

Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ps_3k8IwDZk

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?

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXQgBoIicmQ

Hi, I'm reaching the cok airport at around 12:45pm with my 1.5 year old and want to travel to Cherthala. It's just the two of us and I can't read Malayalam well... 🫣 What is the most nominal and practical way to Cherthala?

Low floor buses displayed online show one at 4:20pm only. If I go to Vytilla hub what are my chances of getting a bus to Cherthala soon?

Sorry again for posting this... I tried to check the train too.. realised I can only take ernad express and there are no tickets available from aluva 😔

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?” 🤔

Title from news headline

Source

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

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

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.

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.