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Gujarat Vs Kerala: A Tale Of Two States (opens the original)
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Comparing the two states is comparing an apple to an orange.I ate apples for years. Then I felt I needed some citrus, and I moved to oranges. That doesn't make the apple a lesser fruit, reflects Binu Alex. Last week, Manu Joseph provocatively described Kerala as a 'republic against fun.' In response I put out a small post on Kerala, since it was trending. That post is now close to a hundred and fifty thousand views on X. It was about breakfast. In Kerala, I can step out at any hour, in any remot
The Untold Migration To Gujarat (opens the original)
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Their stories will go unheard, filed somewhere in the banal footnotes of history. Unwritten, untold, undocumented, notes Binu Alex. A lot of Malayalis landed in Gujarat before India even had its independence. Then, for the next twenty or thirty years, they just kept coming. Looking for work, looking for a foothold, looking for anything. Gujarat officially became a state only in 1960, when Bombay State split. But everyone from Kerala already knew exactly which region they meant, decades before th
Why I Refuse To Romanticise The 1980s (opens the original)
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Some decades are worth remembering exactly as they were, unfiltered, because that's the only way the people who survived them get to be seen at all, points out Binu Alex. Instagram, TikTok, X -- all flooded with soft lighting, big hair, and that warm mall-studio glow. Even people who have the real photographs are choosing to recreate fake ones with AI. I did not enjoy the 80s the first time. I am in no hurry to enjoy them again. I was just entering my teens then. Life at that point was less a mo
And You Call This A Security Check? (opens the original)
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Security in most of India is a facade, discovers Binu Alex. Fly on Independence Day or Republic Day and you will notice something extra at the airport. An extra layer of checking. Sometimes even a message asking you to reach early, as if the day itself is more dangerous than the rest of the year. What is this extra security? Mostly it is an airline staffer at the aerobridge, running bare hands over your bag. The same bag that has already gone through an X-ray machine. Already been cleared by a s
Do You Know Who Malik Ambar Was? (opens the original)
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If that name means nothing to you, you're not alone. It meant nothing to most people we met that day either.Including, as it turned out, some of them standing right next to his tomb. I am not a history buff. Let me clear that up right away. I am a history enthusiast. There is a difference. A buff needs facts, dates, footnotes. An enthusiast just needs a good story and a cool morning. I like visiting old places. I like listening to whatever the locals tell me about them. Half of it is hearsay. So
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