In this first-of-its-kind book, Pavan K. Varma, author of the best-selling The
Great Indian Middle Class, teams up with journalist Renuka Khandekar to show its
why and how the middle class should engage in the process of national
development. Among the problems and possible solutions that they deal with are:
Inefficiency and callousness in public institutions and what we must do to make
them more accountable
How to fight corruption and injustice through the judicial system and the press
How small acts of ‘involvement'â€"like making one person functionally
literateâ€"can make a difference
How to support or link up with existing non-government organizations or set up
one