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Compelling and urgent, Walking with the Comrades documents tribal resistance to the Indian government. In terse, biting prose, Roy recounts the time she spent in central India, hiding in the remote forests of Chattisgarh with the Naxalites. Starting in the mid-‘00s, the Maoist group, comprised mostl Leggi tutto

It is five stars even before I have touched it. I hold the small book like a sacred text. There is an element of fear - what if the writing is not as soul stirring as 'The God Of Small Things' ? I worship Arundhati Roy's writing, her madness. But this is non-fiction I remind myself. So Comrade Rahel Leggi tutto

3 essays compiled: 2009 “Mr. Chidambaram’s War” 2010 “Walking with the Comrades” 2010 “Trickledown Revolution” The Good : --Nestled between 2 essays surveying the practices of and policies against the Communist Party of India (Maoists) is Roy’s riveting account of her visit with the Maoists. --Roy is clea Leggi tutto

There's something stirring in India. A specter, if you will, of a dark time arisen and a dark time to come. Whether we call it capitalism, corporatism, or new (neo) Imperialism, the fact remains that those most affected by the shifting dynamics of contemporary industrialization will be the disenfran Leggi tutto

By Arundhati Roy. Grade: A+ I have heard a lot of things about Arundhati Roy. Surprisingly, all of them very good. However, the only piece I’d read up till this novel was years ago, when I was too young to fully understand – and appreciate the language of the novel. Walking With The Comrades was a pl Leggi tutto

Maoists are portrayed as terrorists, threat to masses by mainstream media and the Indian government. World's largest democracy is against its poorest tribal citizens and to the outer world these people are terrorists. If you want to know about India’s one of the darkest secrets which never gets lime Leggi tutto

One can never stop gushing about the wonderful Arundhati Roy. Thorn in the side of the Indian government-corporate nexus, a humane voice amidst the apathetic media and so called 'intellectuals' , she write firmly from the side of the powerless. This piece of writing is an example of journalism that h Leggi tutto

In the tradition of witness journalism, Roy draws on a moral humanist framework that is as much about the reader she imagines as the fellow-travelers she accompanied through the jungle. This leads to cutting insights. How can the state possibly distinguish between a Maoist insurgent and a non-Maoist Leggi tutto

"I feel I ought to say something at this point. About the futility of violence, about the unacceptability of summary executions. But what should I suggest they do? Go to court? Do a dharna in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi? A rally? A relay hunger strike? It sounds ridiculous. The promoters of the New Eco Leggi tutto

Thanks to Kaviya for recommending this book. This is a brilliant masterpiece from a brilliant thinker. It gives a brief, first-hand overview of what's happening in "Maoist-infested" regions of India, in three wonderful essays, the first two of which were extremely depressing. Had to take a lot of brea Leggi tutto