Very interesting, every one reads in Kerala, but better not tell certain people, as:
"Unlike any other Indian state, Kerala, traditionally communist-led, boasts almost universal literacy. As a result its thirty-one million people are avid readers in their mother tongue, Malayalam.
and, that
"Sixth on the list of seven objectives of Kerala’s communist-led state government’s literacy mission is “provision of facilities for library and reading rooms for creating an environment conducive for literacy efforts and a learning society”.
Kerala: mad about books
Mridula Koshy
Le Monde diplomatique
June 2009
