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The Kerala Club

Keepers of the Flame

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The Kerala Club

Keepers of the Flame

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Long admired for its literacy rates, healthcare infrastructure and human development, Kerala simultaneously grapples with economic stagnation, migration pressures, governance paradoxes and social tensions. The Kerala Club is a rare, insider-led exploration of one of India's most debated states, its triumphs, contradictions and unresolved dilemmas.
With contributions from senior and retired civil servants with deep links to Kerala, the book brings together candid, experience-rich essays by officers who helped shape the state from within. These essays confront Kerala's complexity head-on, ranging across public administration, development policy, local self-governance, policing, forestry and personal reflections, examining both the celebrated 'Kerala model' and its underlying fault lines.
Edited by K.M. Chandrasekhar, former Cabinet Secretary, and T.P. Sreenivasan, former vice chairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, The Kerala Club blends institutional memory with intellectual honesty. At once a chronicle, critique and candid conversation, it is essential reading for administrators, policymakers, scholars, aspiring civil servants, and anyone seeking to understand Kerala and the world of civil service beyond the clichés.

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Published Apr 21 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 320
ISBN 9789361314858
Imprint Bloomsbury India
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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