Yanthram (English:The Machine) is aMalayalam novel written byMalayatoor Ramakrishnan.
The novel is centred on the theme of civil service (Indian Administrative Service) inKerala. It portrays the pressure exerted on popular governments bybig business and the confrontation between the bureaucratic machinery and the political forces.[1]
The novel received theVayalar Award in 1979.[2]
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