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Nitido e scritto a macchina, il biglietto in busta sigillata infilato sotto la porta confermava l'appuntamento. Arundhati Roy aspettava questa notizia da mesi, era pronta: doveva farsi trovare al tempio di Ma Danteshwari nell'orario e nel giorno stabiliti, con la macchina fotografica, il tika e una noce di cocco. In questo modo il pericoloso ribelle adivasi che avrebbe incontrato, a sua volta provvisto di cappellino, rivista hindi «Outlook» e banane, avrebbe potuto riconoscerla. Ad accoglierla, però, c'era un ragazzino dall'aria tutt'altro che minacciosa, e per giunta senza giornale né banane, veloce spuntino consumato per ingannare l'attesa. Molto poco professionale per chi costituiva «la più grande minaccia per la sicurezza interna» dell'India, come sostenuto senza mezzi termini dal primo ministro Chidambaram in persona. Comincia così questa coraggiosa e sorprendente ricognizione attraverso un'India sconosciuta, il cui orizzonte fisico ed economico negli ultimi decenni è stato completamente ridisegnato dalle multinazionali. Con la connivenza del governo, le grandi aziende si sono impadronite delle terre, delle foreste, delle vite delle popolazioni locali in maniera del tutto illegittima e anticostituzionale. Ma i poveri di questi villaggi hanno deciso di fare fronte comune e di unirsi alla ribellione maoista per guidare la più grande democrazia del mondo verso un futuro alternativo al capitalismo selvaggio e all'avidità dilagante.
- ISBN: 8860886880
- Casa Editrice: Guanda
- Pagine: 205
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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
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