God's own badlands

God's own badlands
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But alongside, a peculiar phenomenon had taken place. As you drive along, you cannot escape that every half a kilometre or so, a spanking new mosque has sprung up. The women, once clad in traditional cream and gold Kerala handlooms and adorned with exquisitely crafted jewellery, were now wearing the flowing black abaya, alien to this hot and humid countryside. Around the mosques, unemployed youth loitered perking up only to listen to the imam's discourses. Nothing wrong with all this, you might say.

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