Beyond Cynicism - Kerala 2.0 Insights from Insiders

Book Name in English : Beyond Cynicism : Kerala 2.0 Insights from Insiders

Here’s a book that holds out hope, delivers warnings, and suggests practical solutions for those to whom the future of Kerala matters. The administrative professionals who wrote this book, both working and retired, belong to the Kerala Civil Service milieu. Deeply involved with the state for several decades, they realise the people and governance intimately. This collection of in-depth studies of the state’s economy affirms their faith in Kerala and specifies corrective steps for growth.
’Beyond Cynicism’ creates a sober, dispassionate space to reimagine Kerala - a space, as the book’s title indicates, that is beyond the all-too-familiar standpoint of cynicism. The contributions cover a host of vital issues, from land reform and policing to waste management and the debt trap. Several of our holy cows, such as aided schools, the Kerala Model of Development, and the land acts have been put under the scanner of economic logic.
They correctly posit that time is running out for Kerala. Ecological and economic challenges have assumed alarming proportions, while Al has added a new possibility and a new challenge.
This work provides priceless reading not only for economists, sociologists, political scientists, social historians, and politicians, but for all those who care for Kerala and its wonderful people. It dedicates itself to the present and future of thirty-three million Malayalis and is a pleasure to read.