Author: Govindan, P.K.
Title: ICS Collectors of Malabar : Jottings from Memory
Description: Calicut [Kerala], Poorna Publications, (1998). 2nd Edition, orig.wrappers. 20x13cm, 81 pp. Foreword by V.R. Krishna Iyer.. Rubbed. Corner bumped. Good. ¶ Memoirs of a Malabar Indian Civil Service functionary, 1932-1967. Contents:King-pin in District Administration; Canolly Canal & Nilambur Teak Plantations; In-depth study of Office Files; Sticklers, but Sensitive & Humane; More About Collectors; The System & Procedure in Despatch of Business; Vigil on Current Affairs & Distress Relief; Site Selection for the Medical College, Calicut; European ICS Men after the Transfer of Power;Indians in ICS as Malabar Collectors; System of Promotion within the Department; Office Organization System & Procedure; The Demolished Huzur Building; Engineers to be Remembered: Mackay & Bristow; Planters & Entrepreneurs; Western Influence at Work; May Hate British Imperialism not the Britishers.

Keywords: Malabar, Colonial History, British Raj, Colonialism, Indian, Civil Service, India South Asia, Government, Administration