More from Less for More: Can innovation bridge India's quality gap?

Mashelkar and Borde argue that true innovation doesn't cut corners or chase exclusivity. It expands access, raises quality and proves that efficiency and equity can coexist

More from Less for More: Innovation's Holy Grail

by  Sushil Borde and Raghunath Mashelkar

Published by Penguin Business 

280 pages ₹799

  Every morning, across India, thousands of hands descend into darkness. Sewers don’t clean themselves, though we live as if they do. The infrastructure of our comfort — drains, manholes — functions on that oldest hierarchy of all: Caste. Manual scavengers, belonging to communities marked “untouchable” for millennia, breathe toxic fumes so we don’t have to think about what happens after we flush. Infections, respiratory collapse, cardiovascular damage, death — they’re the terms of employment. On paper, manual scavenging has been illegal