Breaking Through speaks of an underprivileged India raring to go. It weaves the stories of individuals making their way out of crippling poverty, striving for ‘success’ and negotiating a place for themselves in a new, aspiring India—a place where they too can secure the promise of quality health, education, governance and opportunity. In documenting these narratives, Breaking Through not only grants the forgotten poor a voice, but also, pertinently, asks what it takes to make a transition out of destitution, and what the potential roadblocks are. MEERA MITRA specializes in micro-finance, and is a development specialist and an independent consultant. Her work across the corporate and development sectors has taken her to remote villages in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh. She is the author of It’s Only Business: India’s Corporate Social Responsiveness in a Globalized World.