This is what Kerala looks like. Are you impressed? Tolkien may as well have written this up. Is it any surprise that Kerala is given the moniker God's Own Country? But the state is not just about its lush green beauty and tranquil waters, in fact it delves deeper into more serious things like social welfare, progressive ideas, all made better by great food.

The gender park is the second initiative started by the government of Kerala in association with the ICGE to promote the study of inequality between gender and pursue the empowerment of women. The first is the Kudumbashree Mission, started in 1998, which now has over four million members.

But to what might we attribute such a progressive social mentality?

Perhaps it's the fact that it was the first state to elect a Communist party in a democratic election in 1957 and that the government follows a policy of social welfare, it's primary purpose being to reduce social inequality. With a robust sex ratio between men and women, a healthy Infant Mortality Rate of 12 in every 1000 and an Human development index rank of 45, Kerala my friend, is winning.

Even if it doesn't number among the richest states in the world, these stats don't lie. Sure, Kerala isn't perfect but compared to the rest of India it's pretty damn close.