Kerala. In India's Kerala state, the last strong bastion of communists, the Left fortress, appears to be crumbling this time. The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has taken a clear lead in the initial counting of the assembly elections, while the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) is far behind. The latest election signals a revival of Kerala's tradition of alternating power between the Left and Congress for decades.As the initial results of the vote count were made public, a festive atmosphere began at the Congress headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram. Party workers have taken to the streets...