The Kelantan way – reject modernity, embrace mediocrity - Twentytwo13

The Kelantan way – reject modernity, embrace mediocrity - Twentytwo13

Kelantan, home to approximately 1.9 million people, is consistently among the weakest contributors to Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP). Those in the Klang Valley often view it as a failed state, but the Kelantanese say otherwise. To residents of the east coast state, mediocrity is preferable to what they describe as “dystopian modernity”. While the Klang Valley chooses highways, the Kelantanese continue to dodge potholes. The cruel irony …