Listening to grasshoppers : field notes on democracy /
Listening to grasshoppers Field notes on democracy : listening to grasshoppers
Arundhati Roy.
- New Delhi : Hamish Hamilton an imprint of Penguin Books, c2009.
- xxxvii, 256 p. : ; map ;. 21 cm. :
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.