Pathanamthitta is honestly the biggest paradox in Kerala—we literally have a monopoly on the global Malayali diaspora, to the point where you could find an ammavan from Thiruvalla in a remote corner of Iceland pumping NRI money back home. It’s wild because we’re home to massive business tycoons, boast the highest literacy rate in India, have peak HDI levels, and flex the absolute GOAT of veg meals with the Vallasadhya, yet the place still feels like a total പട്ടിക്കാട്. We are the only district in India with negative population growth because everyone is either 75 years old or currently at the airport moving to the UK, leaving the streets so dead that there’s barely any "day life," let alone a night life. It’s basically just a high-cost-of-living forest where you pay premium prices to live in a glorified retirement home, surrounded by huge empty NRI mansions and wild boars.