Listening To Grasshoppers: Field Notes On Democracy
by:
Arundhati Roy (author)
This series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. It looks closely at how religious majoritarianism, cultural nationalism and neo-fascism simmer just under the surface of a country that projects itself as the world's largest democracy. Beginning with the...
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This series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. It looks closely at how religious majoritarianism, cultural nationalism and neo-fascism simmer just under the surface of a country that projects itself as the world's largest democracy. Beginning with the state-backed pogrom against Muslims in Gujarat in 2002, Arundhati Roy writes about how th
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780143173373 (0143173375)
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English