Veteran Expat Suggests NRK Bonds To Fund Kerala High-Speed Rail Project

Thiruvananthapuram: A veteran Non-Resident Keralite who has spent nearly five decades in the UAE has urged Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan to make the proposed Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod high-speed rail corridor the first major project to channel Kerala’s vast expatriate remittances into productive investments. In a letter to Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan, K.V. Shamsudheen, Chairman of Pravasi Bandhu…

Overwhelming student debt

Elizabeth Hill saw going to college as her way out of poverty. But 26 years later, she is still paying back student loans, with around $145,000 still left to go. “I’ve been able to stay afloat, but I do not have $145,000 to give them,” Hill said. “My debt-to-income ratio has impacted my ability to…