The Nurse from Kerala

The Malayali nurse is a ubiquitous brand. Each Malayali nurse has his or her individual purpose and unique trajectory, but their countless tales create a picture of a people and a region. They leave Kerala in their early 20s, taking their state everywhere they go. They leave their home looking for better incomes, aspiring to improve the quality of life of both their natal and post-marriage home. Dr Sheba George, assistant professor at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, California, and author of When Women Come First, Gender and Class in Transnational Migration (2005), says, “The story of the Kerala nurse and her immigration is connected to another story about the transformation of women’s worth in Kerala.”

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