Kerala Election Campaigns Reshape Routines as Rising Heat and Humidity Test Democracy
By 8.30 in the morning in the Punalur assembly constituency of Kollam district, the heat is already oppressive. A narrow residential lane hums with election activity, but the energy feels strained. Major candidates C Ajay Prasad (Left Democratic Front), Noushad Younis (United Democratic Front), and B Raghunathan Pillai (National Democratic Alliance) move from gate to gate,…