God’s Own Country or Devil’s Own People? Left or right? Tourism brochure or environmental quicksand? Poised for a global role or rambling rhetoric? Will the real Kerala please stand up? The Malayali society, along with its political hierarchies and cultural cliches, is still grappling with continuous change, as its headlines show, every day is a new day. Exploring the new emerging Kerala, with a clear clairvoyance on this southern Indian state, leading thinkers and writers chronicle their views by turns satirical, insightful, passionate and playful in Krela Kerela, Quite Contrary.