ABSTRACT
The acclaimed Kerala model of development was very much lauded in both academic debates and by development agencies until the mid-1990s; since then, much scholarship, from various standpoints, has scrutinised the limitations of the dominative narrative. In particular, this chapter outlines the widening inequalities among social groups; asymmetry of power relations; and the emergent challenges of globalisation. This chapter introduces concerns on the “anomie” of the Kerala experience in both interpretation and the lived social reality of its women in Kerala society, which leads to inequalities in social reproduction.
