Back From Mars

• Emigration from Kerala is on the decline, a recent study by CDS says
  
• Spread of nuclear families, with less job-seeking members, is cited as a reason. Returnees are on the rise.
  
• The trend to continue for a while
  
• Liberalisation has led to productive use of remittances, unlike the past
  
• Malabar belt tops emigration stats, half the state's emigrants are Muslim

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