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Cheru Cherian John (via The Wharton Journal) looks at the anti-american sentiment in Kerala,

Citibank to them was the only possible representative of anything Ah-mary-kkan (America, as it is often pronounced in my home state) that they could get at (After all they recently banned selling Coke across the state alleging the presence of pesticides in it! So there were no more Coke bottles at their disposal to vent their anger). And, to the fiery protestors, pelting stones at a little Citibank building was their way of expressing resentment against the entire US establishment.

Don’t know why? America, American imperialism and American hegemony are the favorite terms of all political leaders in Kerala. Interestingly many of them would love to have somebody from their family studying or working in the US. But that doesn’t matter. America-bashing is a favorite theme and generates political mileage. Nobody questions this form of protest. So it continues.

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