The Hindu

Vanishing villages: from prosperity of migration, Kumbanad and other villages in Keralas Pathanamthitta fall to an uncertain future

A large number of villages in the central Travancore region are left to decay as many in the younger generation, settled abroad, are unwilling to return. Hiran Unnikrishnan takes a road trip through the near-abandoned villages and takes a look at the lives of the elders in the region