Book review: broken ladder: the paradox and potential of India's one bilion by Anirudh Krishna

In Broken Ladder: The Paradox and Potential of India's One Billion, Anirudh Krishna offers a 'worms eye' view of development, arguing for policy that is attuned to local locations. Whilst gender and state-based differences could be explored further in relation to the problems of development in India, Krishna provides insight into the challenges of contemporary Indian development, Sohini Kar finds.