Kerala pulls off the near-impossible, but work half done
(WorldNews India)

Not everything went right. There were huge slips. There were also those hours of despair and helplessness. But Kerala stood firm, braving the swirling waters and the heavy odds germane to an unprecedented catastrophe, to pull off a near-impossible rescue and relief operation spread over almost its entire stretch. This was one crisis that tested the quality of the State`s political leadership and the government, particularly Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, proved that it and he were up to the challenge, mobilising the entire State administrative machinery, commandeering the might of the Indian armed forces and welding that into the largely volunteer-driven rescue and relief effort, saving...