In Kerala, more than any other state I've seen, political graffitti, posters and sometimes exhortations outnumber any other kind of promotion. It's fitting, I suppose;I think Malayalees are amongst the most politically aware people in India; politics is the stuff of everyday conversation, and funnily enough, politicians not completely divorced from the life of the citizens- when we travelled to Kerala, the man in the coupe next to ours was the ex-transport Minister, and on our way back, we stopped for breakfast at 'The Brothers Hotel' in Alapuzha, apparently, a popular watering hole for MLAs/MPs who passed through the town. And as our car waited at a junction, looking at the license plate of the Ambassador with a flag behind us, our driver muttered '7707...that's not him..must be someone else..' ..apparently, in this town, people even know the license plates of their representatives, and even politicians have to wait for the traffic light to turn green.
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