[YouAreRONGS]

The main reason is probably because it is a small state with a majority Christian/Muslim population who work in the Middle East. It allows the state to get to a higher lower income level quickly. But there's very little in terms of actual enterprise in the same way you get in Tamil Nadu or other parts of India.

As to why the article is on the front page on HN? Probably because the state has a large diaspora in the Middle East.

[_thisdot]

It's a misconception that Kerala has majority Christian/Muslim population. Kerala has ~55% Hindus and ~25% Muslims and ~20% Christians.

[YouAreRONGS]

Christians were much more powerful than Hindus though. And the links with the Middle East has given the Muslims a lot of leverage as well. It's likely that with current birth rate trends over the past ten years since the census was taken, that the Hindus have been overtaken by the rest to form a minority too; the NFI stated in 2017 that Hindus would be a minority by 2025.

[your_challenger]

> why the article is on the front page on HN

Maybe because a lot of Malayalis read HN? We are everywhere.

[YouAreRONGS]

Comparitively there are far more North Indians, Kannadians and Tamils in the IT world.

The bias in much of western media is largely driven by White-Muslim politics in places like Europe, which in turn is driven by corruption from the far-left in various forms (including politicians from places like South Asia and Palestine, and I am not saying that there aren't right wing corruption as well). And yes, a lot of those left-wing politcians who claim to be representiving disadvantaged people are corrupt and creating tension for political gain.

The fact is that much of the progressive politics in South Asia just doesn't fit the narratives being built up by the left-wing in the western world.