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For a few years now, I have heard everyone - from sections of media to people in my social stream call Arundhati Roy everything from a Naxalite lover to a development hater to a deranged person, the last instance during the happenings in Kashmir. In fact, these days whenever there’s an issue of nati Leggi tutto

"The sophistry and fastidious algebra of Infinite Justice. How many dead Iraqis will it take to make the world a better place? How many dead Afghans for every dead American? How many dead children for every dead man? How many dead mujahideen for each dead investment banker? Witness the Infinite Justi Leggi tutto

good at writing fiction does not mean good at writing politics

This volume compiles Roy’s published nonfiction up to early 2002 (2nd edition)... Highlights : --The main new article is “ Democracy: Who is She When She’s at Home? ”, chronicling India’s failures with “democracy”. This traces the rise of fascistic Hindu nationalism to colonialism’s divide-and-conquer, h Leggi tutto

The essays collected in "The Algebra of Infinite Justice" established Arundhati Roy, already acclaimed as the wildly successful author of her first novel, The God of Small Things, as an insightful and important voice in Indian political discussions. The eight essays gathered in this Revised and Upda Leggi tutto

I am not a left-winger. I have chopped off my right wing as well few years back. Standing at the center and tilting either way as the situation demands is hypocrisy, in my opinion. So I just stand away from the line and observe. In short, I don't have a stand. And that gives me an opportunity to view Leggi tutto

This woman seems to have too much pop corn in her head. Looks like she can present really good left-libral arguments, but she is more of a showman.

I don't disagree with anything Arundhati says here. It's not that. It's just that these essays mourn too much, grieve too much, complain too much, provide no solutions, and very little new information. They are stuck in a limbo between sentimentalizing loss (while completely failing to make it feel t Leggi tutto

This book has hit my privilege so hard and I absolutely love it. Well researched, witty and very well written. I'm in love with Arundhati Roy. From nuclear wars to Big Dams to privatisation of resources, she has attacked it all by spitting hard facts. If you want those rose tinted glasses to be take Leggi tutto