Yanthram is a Malayalam novel written by Malayatoor Ramakrishnan. The novel is centered around the theme of civil service (Indian Administrative Service

Indian Administrative Service

The Indian Administrative Service is the administrative civil service of the Government of India. It is one of the three All India Services....

) in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. It portrays the pressure exerted on popular governments by big business and the confrontation between the bureaucratic machinery and the political forces. The novel received the Vayalar Award

Vayalar Award

The Vayalar Award is given for the best literary work in Malayalam. The award was instituted in 1977 by the Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Trust in memory of the poet and lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma . A sum of Rs.25,000/-, a silver plate and certificate constitutes the award...

in 1979.