ABSTRACT
Goa, India—in many countries of the world, it is the north that is the beacon for progress, for innovation, for science and change, while the south lingers and holds back progress in the name of tradition, feeling and beauty. This is not at all the case in India. While the rest of India is reeling toward cataclysm with 1 billion people today and an estimated 1.8 billion in the next century, the Goa and Kerala have succeeded. Kerala has the lowest rates of female infanticide in India, and today women outnumber men by 10 to seven, the exact opposite of the rest of the country. Many blame the generally lethargic approach on Hinduism, the faith of 80 percent of Indians and a passive religion with no real “dos” or “don’ts.” The only hope is to study the southern states of India, where prosperity, education and balance have come about through rational and humane means of population control.
