01344    a2200133   4500008004100000020001900041080001800060100001700078245006200095260004300157300001000200520096500210650003501175250930b        ii ||||| |||| 00| 0 mal d  a978-9365234572  a316.342 MAN/W  aJoseph, Manu  aWhy the poor don’t kill usb: The Psychology of Indians  aNew Delhi:bAleph Book Company,c2025.  a266p.  aIn this searing and darkly hilarious diagnosis of contemporary Indian society, acclaimed writer Manu Joseph explores why the poor don’t rise in revolt against the rich despite living in one of the most unequal regions of the world.

The poor know how much we spend in a single day, on a single meal, the price of Atlantic salmon and avocados. ‘Why,’ he asks, ‘do they tolerate it? Why don’t they crawl out from their catastrophes and finish us off? Why don’t little men emerge from manholes and attack the cars? Why don’t the maids, who squat like frogs beside kitchen sinks, pull out the hair of their conscientious madams who never give them a day off? Why is there peace?’

Why the Poor Don’t Kill Us shows us in pitiless detail just how hypocritical and exploitative people of privilege are, and it also shows us how and why they get away with it. It’s a sharp, witty, and perceptive critique of the many faults of the India we live in.  aSocial Differenciation - India