Books by Arundhati Roy
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review 1: Significant in that Roy puts forth an account of the Naxalites, a notoriously (for good reason) difficult subject for anyone to gain access too. She's also a decent writer (with fiction work as well), which makes this a one-day kind of read. However, she also drops the ball on ...
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review 1: A sharp and very important account of the struggle in India between the ordinary people and the government that is supposed to protect their needs. A better phrasing might be-The struggle of the Indian democracy against it's poor people.The first half of the book narrates the acc...
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review 1: "There is nothing small about what's going on. We are watching a democracy turning on itself, trying to eat its own limbs. We're watching incredulously as those limbs refuse to be eaten."Gone is the poetry of her fiction--replaced with clear, dispassionate prose. She is angry, sh...
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review 1: Probably a biased one sided view of the situation. However, brilliantly written with a lot of passion, flair, sarcasm and boldness. Hard not to be moved by what you read. Unputdownable.Don't read the book if you are looking for an unbiased, objective analysis of the maoist insurg...
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review 1: There was a Times of India campaign some years earlier, which said, 'There are two Indias in this country...'. I disagreed with that point then, and I disagree with it now. This country isn't about two Indias, it is about a multitude of them, some thriving, some surviving, and so...
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review 1: "Its understandable that a writer writes about a place where he was born, as he is the most apt person to assess about the situations and circumstances prevailing at that place. However, it becomes disheartening, when he manages to manipulate data and facts, bundled with exaggera...
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review 1: Arundhati Roy raised the voice of unheard population of India, the biggest democracy of present world. She exposed the dark side of democracy in India which cause genocide of different minorities i.e Muslims, maxals. Her views on indian Parliament attack's investigations and Mum...
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review 1: Roy is brilliant and thought provoking.Great creative prose and unadulterated feeling shines through. Those who don't grok her style will be left wondering a little.This, I feel, is not a book that focuses on dry discourse of facts and detached reporting. She pours her heart, sou...
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review 1: About three years ago, my family and I visited India, the country of my birth in the middle of my freshman year in high school. Carrying my backpack filled with textbooks and schoolwork through the crowded, air-conditioned Mumbai airport, I was not happy. When I finally walked ou...