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Arundhati Roy boldly sheds light on the dark mechanism of democracy in India. Arundhati Roy - India - Field Notes - Arts - Literature
uprisingradio.org (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Listen to this segment | the entire program Is there life after Democracy? That’s the provocative question that Arundhati Roy, India’s leading social critic starts her new book with. India, the world’s largest democracy is plagued with many of the same problems facing other democracies: state violence, religious fundamentalism, free market [...]
Ekawaaz (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Watch: Arundhati Roy: India is A Pretty Barbaric Society Posted using ShareThis
From The Wilderness (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
AlJazeeraEnglish 11-03-09 The Indian writer and activist discusses her quest for freedom and social justice for all.
Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Speaking about war in Sri Lanka which has ended last May, Ms. Roy suggested, “I believe that the Government of Sri Lanka should be investigated for committing war crimes.” “I am in no way pro LTTE nor have I ever been. I cannot admire those whose vision can only accommodate justice for their own and not for everybody,” she has pointed out on her view regarding the Tamil Tiger rebels a.k.a Liberation...
Simplistic Art (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Arundhati Roy examines the effects of the Maoists and their influence on growth rate obsessed India. Meanwhile, the Indian establishment has unleashed its most potent weapon. Almost overnight, our embedded media has substituted its steady supply of planted, unsubstantiated, hysterical stories about ‘Islamist Terrorism’ with planted, unsubstantiated, hysterical stories about ‘Red...
Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
To justify enforcing a corporate land grab, the state needs an enemy – and it has chosen the Maoists.
Pearlblossom Highway (Free subscription) | yesterday
... ended up giving up and trying my second bright idea, which seemed even more impossible -- to bring Arundhati Roy from India. It took all of about a week to put that together. Kind of amazing. from A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the trees calligraphic. Exhaust from the dryer billows clumsily out from...
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
By Arundhati Roy Source: Al Jazeera Posted November 03, 2009 Courtesy of "Information Clearing House" We meet Arundhati Roy, the Indian writer and activist. For years she has been known as one of the world's most vocal advocates of freedom and social justice. She has earned the wrath of her fellow countrymen for her vehement criticism of India's nuclear weapons. Roy is against...
uprisingradio.org (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
We’ll have an in-depth interview with award winning Indian author and social commentator Arundhati Roy, about her new book, “Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers.” And we’ll look back at Proposition 8 and its aftermath one year later. Plus, a new study reveals widespread Bisphenol A contamination of canned foods and juices – we’ll [...]
Gaddeswarup's blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Excerpts from Planning Commission Expert Groups Report "> "Development Challenges in Extremist Areas" are in Madhukar Shukla's post "The "Greatest Threat to India's Internal Security" !!?? . Related: Arundhati Roy The heart of India is under attack and Rohit Copra's post and possibly The Long March .
From The Wilderness (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Excerpt from Arundhati Roy’s “WE”. See Full Film HERE. The Goldstone Report at the UN General Assembly: States Must Uphold International Law to Ensure Accountability for the Victims of War Crimes in Gaza 11-03-09 Creative-i Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Adalah – Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Addameer * Al Dameer Association for Human Rights *...
Another 52 Books (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... have finished reading a translation of the Bhagavad Gita, which is part of the Mahabharata. *Arundhati Roy, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Anita Desai.
Development Dialogues (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
http://outlookindia.com/ article.aspx?262519 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/30/mining-india-maoists-green-hunt A math question: How many soldiers will it take to contain the mounting rage of hundreds of millions of people? ARUNDHATI ROY The low, flat-topped hills of south Orissa have been home to the Dongria Kondh long before there was a country called India or a state called...
Ensaios Imperfeitos (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Forsaken god: Will someone tell Copenhagen, leave the bauxite in the mountain ESSAY Mr Chidambaram’s War A math question: If it takes 6,00,000 soldiers to hold down the tiny valley of Kashmir, how many will it take to contain the mounting rage of hundreds of millions of people? ARUNDHATI ROY The low, flat-topped hills of south Orissa have been home to the Dongria Kondh long before there...
