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082			_a321.7540 _bROY
100			_aRoy, Arundhati _914477
245			_aListening to grasshoppers: _bfield notes on democracy
260			_bPenguin Random House India _aHaryana _c2013
300			_axl, 262 p.
365			_aINR _b299.00
520			_aIn eleven powerful, and closely argued, linked essays, Arundhati Roy takes a hard look at the underbelly of the PBI – World’s largest democracy. Beginning with the state-backed killing of Muslims in Gujarat in 2002, she writes about how ‘progress’ and genocide have historically gone hand in hand; about the murky investigations into the 2001 attack on the PBI – Indian Parliament; about the dangers of an increasingly powerful and entirely unaccountable judiciary; and about the collusion between large corporations, the government and the mainstream media. The volume ends with an account of the August 2008 uprising in Kashmir and an analysis of the November 2008 attacks on Mumbai. ‘The Briefing’, included as an appendix, is a compelling fictional text that brings together many of the issues central to the collection. (https://www.penguin.co.in/book/listening-to-grasshoppers-2/)
650			_aDemocracy--India _916188
650			_aCommunalism--India _916189
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