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Not many states in India can match the diverse manpower pool and professional wealth of Kerala that takes credit to some of the best qualified and talented professionals in the country. Kerala could well be the land of civil and mechanical engineers, but it has no world class roads or flyovers! The paradox is that while  these professionals  who pass out from Kerala colleges are engaged in the construction activities of  roads and bridges to ensure a facelift to other  cities all over the world, Kerala awaits for quality roads and flyovers!

Keralites are destined to live in appalling conditions with no proper roads and sewage system. Bridges and buildings that collapse within a few months of their construction and the potholed roads and streets with no lighting or parking facilities – the list of woes is virtually endless!

However it is intriguing to note that the average malayalees who live in Kerala seemed to have taken  everything  in their stride! They  are resigned to their fate and have almost accepted the fact that  world class over bridges and roads will never come to their State. Even as they dream of the swankiest cars and SUVs on planet earth , they seldom complain about the roads. Is it that  they have perfected the art of adventure driving in the potholed riddled roads and bumpy highways or is it that they have left everything to destiny as there is nothing else they can do? Many  still manage to scurry back home with only a few dents on their priced vehicles or rashes and cuts on their foreheads while others pay for the official apathy with their lives. The red-tapism and the snail paced developmental activities that seem to reach no where, still go on and crores of rupees are being spent in the name of bridges and roads that never exist!

Even as the average Keralite  dreams to add on more vehicles  to his personal fleet and buy bigger and flashier homes, he prefers to turn a blind eye at the trash and stink around him, the broken slabs and the overflowing drains as he rolls over the dark glasses of his latest car and drives by with a smile on his lips and a dream in his eyes fired by his NRI status!

Just curious to risk a guess at the plight of affairs, if these professionals decide to come back home and work for their state. Will there be any respectable job opportunities for them? Even if they do manage to find some job, will the bureaucracy  and the corrupt politicians give them  free hand in discharging their duties honestly.  The answer will be a big and bold NO! So, once again things are back to square one. Let the qualified hands make money and earn respect by doing their job in  another country. When the  call of their motherland becomes too tempting let them come back only to be mute spectators and part of this mayhem. After all what else can they do?