The chapter on defence middlemen contains interesting and unknown details. It is these fixers who eventually get co-opted into political parties, like the Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is an eye-opening development in Indian democracy: that its grass roots no longer comprise party workers who are traditional go-betweens between constituents and the levers of power. Mr Fix-it is an unapologetic and vital cog in the food chain: He helps the poor get things done, and the influential get popular support. He travels to an urban village outside Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh to meet “Mr Fix-it Down the Street". Joseph judiciously mixes field reporting and investigative research: No wonder he is an award-winning journalist.
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