India, Aug. 16 -- In this searing analysis of contemporary Indian society, 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 explores in pitiless detail how hypocritical and exploitative people of privilege can be, and why they get away with it. It is a sharp, witty, perceptive critique of the flawed state we live in....