Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Heartbreaking read honestly. I have only glimpsed these worlds in India from afar, but Boo makes them come alive in all their terror and hope and injustice. I'm glad I read this book because I often wondered what it was like to live in some slums in Mumbai. I have relatives who know people who survive on peanuts and I thought that that was terrible. But the wondering never turned into anything. I never learned more. I never felt any desire to help besides in the general way. The police brutality, racism, corruption, lack of job opportunity – I mean those are just problems perpetrated by the institutions that are supposed to help the people of Annawadi. There's a lot to be done and I think about this book often when I think about how I might help the world.