# UNEQUAL: Why India Lags Behind Its Neighbours **Author:** Swati Narayan **Date Read:** 2024/12/06 **Rating:** 3/5 **Bookshelves:** ## My Review A fairly easy read written in an essay like fashion drawn from fieldwork done by the author in Bangladesh, Bihar, and Nepal. This is supplemented with a last few chapters which draw from historical text and comparison between what she calls Southern supermodels, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka. Overall well argued, but still lacking in more robust, theorising.