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Listening to grasshoppers : field notes on democracy / Arundhati Roy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Hamish Hamilton an imprint of Penguin Books, c2009.Description: xxxvii, 256 p. : ; 21 cm. : mapISBN:
  • 9780241144626
Other title:
  • Listening to grasshoppers
  • Field notes on democracy : listening to grasshoppers
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.954 RO LI
Online resources: Summary: 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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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 320.954 RO LI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0038978

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.

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