The death of the hartal argument- is it time?

We should delink keralas climate from climate within its IT parks – that would be like saying mumbai has terrorist attacks and slums with sub human conditions so its not suitable for investment.

Or conversely if we think statewise, then Kerala kicks the pants off other states in all human indices factors. (because it means we would have to think of Maharashtra and not Mumbai, Karnataka and not Hyderabad) – just a few kilometers out of bangalore the set up drops to abysmal levels. In maharasthra suicide levels of farmers are the highest in India. In Navi mumbai there are more powercuts than in Trivandrum 10 years ago.

The end result of infrastructure development is higher human indices. If that does not happen then i prefer a slower but more equitable, inclusive and manageable form of infrastructure development.

But hey thats me – i have one vote.

I have been working here in Technopark for 6 years. I haven’t seen the park drop a single days work in this time. Not a single day. Hyderabad has been burning for weeks now – telengana, rayalseema, death of movie stars, i can go on about city wide disruption. Same for bangalore. Mumbai had several major disruptions from terrorist attacks, shiv sena attacks on migrants, and the flooding that takes place every single year.

Atleast our hartals are pre announced – and businesses can prepare – unlike the ones in other cities where unprepared companies and industries face bigger losses.

But you know, i could be wrong –

But i don’t think that the companies setting up shop in Kerala are – they must have done the due diligence – TCS was here years ago, Infy is developing its own campus, and Wipro and CTS are there in Kochi. That pretty much covers the roster of top Indian companies. Their size is not the question – they would not have come if they felt that it could not deliver.

Just my 2c.