Listening to grasshoppers : field notes on democracy /
By: Roy, Arundhati
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BookPublisher: New Delhi : Hamish Hamilton an imprint of Penguin Books, c2009.Description: xxxvii, 256 p. : ; 21 cm. : map.ISBN: 9780241144626Other title: Listening to grasshoppers | Field notes on democracy : listening to grasshoppers.Subject(s): Communalism -- India | Hindus -- India | Muslims -- India | Terrorism -- India | Democracy -- IndiaDDC classification: 320.954 RO LI Online resources: Location Map
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With special reference to various topics related to anti-democratic issue of communalism, division between Muslims and Hindus, state sponsored terrorism, terrorist attacks, and emergence of Hindutva in India; articles previously published in several journals and books. Combining fierce conviction, deft political analysis, and beautiful writing, this collection of essays by the Booker Prize-winning author of "The God of Small Things" examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-238) and index.
With special reference to various topics related to anti-democratic issue of communalism, division between Muslims and Hindus, state sponsored terrorism, terrorist attacks, and emergence of Hindutva in India; articles previously published in several journals and books. Combining fierce conviction, deft political analysis, and beautiful writing, this collection of essays by the Booker Prize-winning author of "The God of Small Things" examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India.