Migrants in Kerala: The Gulf of other Indians

About 25-30 lakh migrants from other States are working in Kerala today. For them, ‘God's Own Country’ is exactly what the Arabian Gulf is for the Keralites. VR Jayaraj looks at the root of this phenomenon and how it’s a simple theory of physics. Gopal Barua, 29, hailing from a village outside Guwahati, Assam, is now happy with his life as a worker at the stone quarry-cum-crusher unit near Ottapalam in Kerala’s Palakkad district.

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