It's interesting in how many ways Kerala differs from other parts of India. For most of my lifetime it has had exceptionally high rates of literacy and better than Indian-average figures for various aspects of social well being. It is also the state with the most Christians (many of whom are part of a church they say was founded by the apostle Thomas) and the state that long had a state government of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) coalition led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist).<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala</a><p>I had a friend from Kerala during my university studies in the 1970s, which is why I have long been curious about that part of India. This is the first I have heard about alcoholism problems there.
I am from Kerala. This is after a quick googling, but by world standards, we still have some way to go.<p>From the article:<p>> It has the highest per capita consumption - over eight litres (1.76 gallons) per person a year - in the nation<p>Here are the figures worldwide from Wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_co...</a><p>Britons, for e.g., down 11.8 litres/year/person.
8 liters per person per year...is that of actual alcohol content? So if they were all drinking 80 proof whisky, they would average 20 liters of the stuff per year?