In constant conversation with the themes and settings of her novels, the essays form a near-unbroken memoir of Arundhati Roy's journey as both a writer and a citizen, of both India and the world, from "The End of Imagination", which begins this book,...
more
In constant conversation with the themes and settings of her novels, the essays form a near-unbroken memoir of Arundhati Roy's journey as both a writer and a citizen, of both India and the world, from "The End of Imagination", which begins this book, to 'Azadi', with which it ends. Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- The End of Imagination -- The Greater Common Good -- Power Politics: The Reincarnation of Rumpelstiltskin -- The Ladies Have Feelings, So ... Shall We Leave It to the Experts? -- The Algebra of Infinite Justice -- War Is Peace -- On Citizens' Rights to Express Dissent -- Democracy: Who Is She When She's at Home? -- War Talk: Summer Games with Nuclear Bombs -- Ahimsa (Nonviolent Resistance) -- Come September -- The Loneliness of Noam Chomsky -- Confronting Empire -- Peace Is War: The Collateral Damage of Breaking News -- An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire -- Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy (Buy One, Get One Free) -- When the Saints Go Marching Out: The Strange Fate of Martin, Mohandas, and Mandela -- In Memory of Shankar Guha Niyogi -- Do Turkeys Enjoy Thanksgiving? -- How Deep Shall We Dig? -- The Road to Harsud -- Public Power in the Age of Empire -- Peace and the New Corporate Liberation Theology -- Breaking the News -- "And His Life Should Become Extinct": The Very Strange Story of the Attack on the Indian Parliament -- Custodial Confessions, the Media, and the Law -- Listening to Grasshoppers: Genocide, Denial, and Celebration -- Azadi -- Nine Is Not Eleven (and November Isn't September) -- Democracy's Failing Light -- Mr. Chidambaram's War -- The President Took the Salute -- Walking with the Comrades -- Trickledown Revolution -- Kashmir's Fruits of Discord -- I'd Rather Not Be Anna -- Speech to the People's University -- Capitalism: A Ghost Story -- A Perfect Day for Democracy -- The Consequences of Hanging Afzal Guru -- The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate -- Professor, P.O.W. -- My Seditious Heart -- Appendix -- The Great Indian Rape-Trick I -- The Great Indian Rape-Trick II -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.
Publisher:
Haymarket Books, La Vergne
;
ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan
In constant conversation with the themes and settings of her novels, the essays form a near-unbroken memoir of Arundhati Roy's journey as both a writer and a citizen, of both India and the world, from "The End of Imagination", which begins this book,...
more
Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel
Inter-library loan:
No inter-library loan
In constant conversation with the themes and settings of her novels, the essays form a near-unbroken memoir of Arundhati Roy's journey as both a writer and a citizen, of both India and the world, from "The End of Imagination", which begins this book, to 'Azadi', with which it ends.
