The creation of widespread public consent for family planning in Kerala, which
ensured the non-coercive implementation of birth control in Malayali society,
has been regarded as no less than the jewel in the crown of the 'Kerala Model'
of social development. Individuals, Householders, Citizens reconstructs the
history of the generation of such assent to produce a critical examination of
this crucial aspect of social development in Kerala. It participates in the
ongoing feminist critique of the Kerala Model, seeking to unravel the particular
ways in which people were interpellated into the discourse of Family Planning.