New Releases by Arundhati Roy

Rahel et Estha Kochamma, deux jumeaux de huit ans, vivent en Inde, entourés de leur grand-mère, Mammachi, qui fabrique des confitures trop sucrées, de l''oncle Chacko, un coureur de jupons invétéré, esprit romantique converti au marxisme pour les besoins de son portefeuille, de la grand-tante Baby Kochamma, qui nourrit un amour mystique pour un prêtre irlandais, et de leur mère Ammu, désertée par son mari, qui aime secrètement Velutha, un Intouchable. Un drame va ébranler leur existence et les séparer. Comment réagir quand, à huit ans, on vous somme de savoir "qui aimer, comment et jusqu''où" ? Comment survivre quand, après un événement affreux dont on a été témoin, on vous demande de trahir la vérité pour l''amour d''une mère ? Un récit envoûtant, plein d''humour et d''émotion, servi par une écriture neuve et poétique, qui recrée le monde de l''enfance - celui de l''imaginaire et de la liberté. Booker Prize

SORVEGLIANZA DI MASSA E LIBERTA’ DI ESPRESSIONE DEI CITTADINI: UNA SFIDA APERTA «Nelle mani di Arundhati le parole diventano armi.» Naomi Klein «Un incontro straordinario.» The NEw York Times Nell’inverno del 2014, l’attore americano John Cusack, da sempre impegnato sul fronte dei diritti civili, ha un’idea. Far incontrare i due più celebri whistleblower americani, due fedeli servitori del governo statunitense che in epoche diverse hanno avuto il coraggio di renderne pubblici gli abusi: Daniel Ellsberg, il funzionario del Pentagono che nel 1971 rivelò i piani della guerra in Vietnam, e Edward Snowden, l’informatico ed ex tecnico della CIA che nel 2013 denunciò le intercettazioni a tappeto condotte dalla National Security Agency. All’incontro sarà invitata anche Arundhati Roy, una delle voci più chiare e implacabili che si sono levate negli ultimi anni contro la politica imperialista di molti stati, in linea con la posizione di Julian Assange, fondatore di WikiLeaks. Da questo «contro-summit» nasce un libro potente e provocatorio, che interroga tutti noi: che significato hanno davvero le bandiere, il patriottismo, le grandi organizzazioni internazionali? Quale ruolo ricoprono il dissenso e la ricerca della verità in una realtà in cui il denaro può liberamente varcare limiti e confini sociali, culturali, geografici, mentre le persone e le parole non possono farlo?

Arundhati Roy et John Cusack se lancent dans un pari un peu fou : aller rendre visite à Edward Snowden à Moscou, où il est réfugié politique. De ce défi naît une passionnante série d’essais et de conversations, de l’émergence de cette idée jusqu’à la rencontre avec ce fameux lanceur d’alerte, ancien employé de la CIA et de la NSA. Accompagnés pour cette entrevue historique de Daniel Ellsberg, un autre lanceur d’alerte qui avait fourni en 1971 les "papiers du Pentagone" au New York Times, ils abordent au fil du texte la question de la guerre, de l’espionnage, du terrorisme, du patriotisme... et décortiquent de façon salutairement implacable le fonctionnement actuel du monde.

An activist and an actor reflect on Edward Snowden and the surveillance state in this collection that “reads like a whistleblower’s travel diary” (Disorient). In late 2014, Arundhati Roy, John Cusack, and Daniel Ellsberg traveled to Moscow to meet with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The result was a series of essays and dialogues in which Roy and Cusack reflect on their conversations with Snowden. In these provocative and penetrating discussions, Roy and Cusack discuss the nature of the state, empire, and surveillance in an era of perpetual war, the meaning of flags and patriotism, the role of foundations and NGOs in limiting dissent, and the ways in which capital —but not people—can freely cross borders. “Things That Can and Cannot Be Said is not a book with solutions, nor even a comprehensive framing of the problem. Its charm and potential lies in its disarming conversational approach, offering insights-in-passing; ideas and thoughts to spark further conversations and just maybe inspire other acts of moral courage. While the book channels a palpable sense of rage—rage at imperialism, at the surveillance state, at ‘Washington’s ability to destroy countries and its inability to win a war’—it concludes on the topic of love.” —PopMatters “It asks questions—a lot of them. It connects dots from Kashmir to Palestine to Vietnam to Virginia—leaving no one spared from scrutiny––not even themselves, as Arundhati asserts.” —Disorient “The freewheeling conversations between all the participants will bring up many Eureka moments for a lot of readers. Insights that can only be gained if you are researching these topics in exhausting detail.” —Firstpost

Five books of essays in one volume from the Booker Prize–winner and “one of the most ambitious and divisive political essayists of her generation” (The Washington Post). With a new introduction by Arundhati Roy, this new collection begins with her pathbreaking book The Cost of Living—published soon after she won the Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things—in which she forcefully condemned India’s nuclear tests and its construction of enormous dam projects that continue to displace countless people from their homes and communities. The End of Imagination also includes her nonfiction works Power Politics, War Talk, Public Power in the Age of Empire, and An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire, which include her widely circulated and inspiring writings on the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the need to confront corporate power, and the hollowing out of democratic institutions globally. Praise for Arundhati Roy “The fierceness with which Arundhati Roy loves humanity moves my heart.” —Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and recipient of the LennonOno Grant for Peace Award “Arundhati Roy combines her brilliant style as a novelist with her powerful commitment to social justice in producing these eloquent, penetrating essays.” —Howard Zinn, author of Political Awakenings and Indispensable Zinn “Arundhati Roy is incandescent in her brilliance and her fearlessness. And in these extraordinary essays—which are clarions for justice, for witness, for a true humanity—Roy is at her absolute best.” —Junot Díaz, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao “One of the most confident and original thinkers of our time.” —Naomi Klein, author of No Is Not Enough and The Battle For Paradise “Arundhati Roy calls for ‘factual precision’ alongside of the ‘real precision of poetry.’ Remarkably, she combines those achievements to a degree that few can hope to approach.” —Noam Chomsky, leading public intellectual and author of Hopes and Prospects “India’s most impassioned critic of globalization and American influence.” —The New York Times

On 13 December 2001, the Indian Parliament was attacked by a few heavily armed men. Eleven years later, we still do not know who was behind the attack, nor the identity of the attackers. Both the Delhi high court and the Supreme Court of India have noted that the police violated legal safeguards, fabricated evidence and extracted false confessions. Yet, on 9 February 2013, one man, Mohammad Afzal Guru, was hanged to ‘satisfy’ the ‘collective conscience’ of society. This updated reader brings together essays by lawyers, academics, journalists and writers who have looked closely at the available facts and who have raised serious questions about the investigations and the trial. This new version examines the implications of Mohammad Afzal Guru’s hanging and what it says about the Indian government’s relationship with Kashmir.

O Deus das Pequenas Coisas é a história de três gerações de uma família da região de Kerala, no Sul da Índia, que se dispersa por todo o mundo e se reencontra na sua terra natal. Uma história feita de muitas histórias. As histórias dos gémeos Estha e Rahel, nascidos em 1962, por entre notícias de uma guerra perdida. A de sua mãe Ammu, que ama de noite o homem que os filhos amam de dia, e de Velutha, o intocável deus das pequenas coisas. A da avó Mammachi, a matriarca cujo corpo guarda cicatrizes da violência de Pappachi. A do tio Chacko, que anseia pela visita da ex-mulher inglesa, Margaret, e da filha de ambos, Sophie Mol. A da sua tia-avó mais nova, Baby Kochamma, resignada a adiar para a eternidade o seu amor terreno pelo padre Mulligan. Estas são as pequenas histórias de uma família que vive numa época conturbada e de um país cuja essência parece eterna. Onde só as pequenas coisas são ditas e as grandes coisas permanecem por dizer.

Genom de sjuåriga tvillingarna Rahel och Estha skildras den indiska delstaten Keralas historia där släktbråk, kastsystem och politik har byggt murar kring kärleken. Det finns stränga regler för vem som får älska vem. Och hur mycket. Men i bakgrunden, alltid närvarande, finns De Små Tingens Gud som skänker stunder av gränslös njutning och närhet. Mot en fond av ljuvliga dofter, mustiga färger och förbjudna känslor tecknar Arundhati Roy med säker hand denna levande och gripande släktkrönika. De Små Tingens Gud är Arundhati Roys debutroman som 1997 belönades med det prestigefyllda Booker-priset.

In Capitalism: A Ghost Story, best-selling writer Arundhati Roy examines the dark side of Indian democracy - a nation of 1.2 billion, where the country'' s 100 richest people own assets worth one quarter of India''s gross domestic product. Ferocious and clear-sighted, this is a searing portrait of a nation haunted by ghosts: the hundreds of thousands of farmers who have committed suicide to escape punishing debt; the hundreds of millions who live on less than two dollars a day. It is the story of how the largest democracy in the world, with over 800 million voting in the last election, answers to the demands of globalized capitalism, subjecting millions of people to inequality and exploitation. Roy shows how the mega-corporations, modern robber barons plundering India''s natural resources, use brute force, as well as a wide range of NGOs and foundations, to sway government and policy making in India.

Essay examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India; previously published in Indian English magazine ''Outlook'' in March 26, 2012.

«Nelle mani di Arundhati le parole diventano armi, le armi dei movimenti di massa.» Naomi Klein «La polemica di Arundhati Roy è importante e necessaria... dobbiamo esserle grati per il suo coraggio e il suo talento.» Salman Rushdie I misteri dell''India: non quelli esotici di Salgari e della giungla nera, ma quelli molto moderni, globalizzati e crudeli di questo grande paese che, nel suo slancio verso un radioso futuro, rischia di calpestare la propria democrazia e i propri cittadini, cedendo al fanatismo nazionalista. L''India di Arundhati Roy, scrittrice coraggiosa e reporter implacabile, è molto diversa dall''immagine luccicante offerta dalle fonti ufficiali. In questa nuova raccolta di saggi ci si trova di fronte ad avvenimenti e situazioni scottanti: apparati dello Stato deviati che inscenano falsi attentati e un «11 settembre asiatico», magistrati corrotti e più attenti al bene delle multinazionali che a quello della giustizia, giornalisti asserviti ai poteri forti, poliziotti che non esitano a scatenare pogrom contro le minoranze etniche e religiose, un''intera area - il Kashmir - dove i diritti civili sono sospesi e la guerra contro il Pakistan è una minaccia perenne, con ricorrenti scoppi di violenze. Un quadro cupo e inquietante ma non privo di speranze, perché tanti, come la Roy, lottano in nome della libertà, della verità, della pace. Con il suo consueto stile acuto e, allo stesso tempo, venato di una sottile ironia, Arundhati Roy cerca di guidare il lettore occidentale nel complesso intrico di politica, religione, società ed economia della «più grande democrazia del mondo». «Gli scrittori di successo si accontentano del successo e cercano casomai di ripeterlo. Arundhati Roy si è servita del successo per farsi avanti come attivista dentro tante battaglie politiche ed ecologiche che riguardano il suo Paese e non solo...» Goffredo Fofi, Il Sole 24 Ore «Arundhati Roy oppone al terrore, a ogni terrore, la forza del sogno.» La Stampa «I suoi saggi sono la prova del suo talento come scrittrice e del suo coraggio di cittadina. Con la sua presenza e i suoi testi lotta contro un mondo che sceglie la guerra come strumento di governo e sceglie investimenti che in India come altrove distruggono l’ambiente e le economie locali.» il Manifesto «L’autrice è una donna che mette tutta se stessa nei suoi ideali. Con passione e rabbia.» Chicca Gagliardo, Glamour

«Nelle mani di Arundhati le parole diventano armi, le armi dei movimenti di massa.» Naomi Klein «La polemica di Arundhati Roy è importante e necessaria... dobbiamo esserle grati per il suo coraggio e il suo talento.» Salman Rushdie Nitido e scritto a macchina, il biglietto in busta sigillata infilato sotto la porta confermava l''appuntamento. Arundhati Roy aspettava questa notizia da mesi, era pronta: doveva farsi trovare al tempio di Ma Danteshwari nell''orario e nel giorno stabiliti, con la macchina fotografica, il tika e una noce di cocco. In questo modo il pericoloso ribelle adivasi che avrebbe incontrato, a sua volta provvisto di cappellino, rivista hindi «Outlook» e banane, avrebbe potuto riconoscerla. Ad accoglierla, però, c''era un ragazzino dall''aria tutt''altro che minacciosa, e per giunta senza giornale né banane, veloce spuntino consumato per ingannare l''attesa. Molto poco professionale per chi costituiva «la più grande minaccia per la sicurezza interna» dell''India, come sostenuto senza mezzi termini dal primo ministro Chidambaram in persona. Comincia così questa coraggiosa e sorprendente ricognizione attraverso un''India sconosciuta, il cui orizzonte fisico ed economico negli ultimi decenni è stato completamente ridisegnato dalle multinazionali. Con la connivenza del governo, le grandi aziende si sono impadronite delle terre, delle foreste, delle vite delle popolazioni locali in maniera del tutto illegittima e anticostituzionale. Ma i poveri di questi villaggi hanno deciso di fare fronte comune e di unirsi alla ribellione maoista per guidare la più grande democrazia del mondo verso un futuro alternativo al capitalismo selvaggio e all''avidità dilagante. «Gli scrittori di successo si accontentano del successo e cercano casomai di ripeterlo. Arundhati Roy si è servita del successo per farsi avanti come attivista dentro tante battaglie politiche ed ecologiche che riguardano il suo Paese e non solo...» Goffredo Fofi, Il Sole 24 Ore «Arundhati Roy oppone al terrore, a ogni terrore, la forza del sogno.» La Stampa «I suoi saggi sono la prova del suo talento come scrittrice e del suo coraggio di cittadina. Con la sua presenza e i suoi testi lotta contro un mondo che sceglie la guerra come strumento di governo e sceglie investimenti che in India come altrove distruggono l’ambiente e le economie locali.» il Manifesto «L’autrice è una donna che mette tutta se stessa nei suoi ideali. Con passione e rabbia.» Chicca Gagliardo, Glamour

From the award-winning author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness and The God of Small Things comes a searing frontline exposé of brutal repression in India In this fiercely reported work of nonfiction, internationally renowned author Arundhati Roy draws on her unprecedented access to a little-known rebel movement in India to pen a work full of earth-shattering revelations. Deep in the forests, under the pretense of battling Maoist guerillas, the Indian government is waging a vicious total war against its own citizens-a war undocumented by a weak domestic press and fostered by corporations eager to exploit the rare minerals buried in tribal lands. Roy takes readers to the unseen front lines of this ongoing battle, chronicling her months spent living with the rebel guerillas in the forests. In documenting their local struggles, Roy addresses the much larger question of whether global capitalism will tolerate any societies existing outside of its colossal control. "A riveting account . . . a necessary book by one of India’s most distinctive voices." -Washington Post

Kashmir is one of the most protracted and bloody occupations in the world-and one of the most ignored. Under an Indian military rule that, at half a million strong, exceeds the total number of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, freedom of speech is non-existent, and human- rights abuses and atrocities are routinely visited on its Muslim-majority population. In the last two decades alone, over seventy thousand people have died. Ignored by its own corrupt politicians, abandoned by Pakistan and the West, which refuses to bring pressure to bear on its regional ally, India, the Kashmiri people''s ongoing quest for justice and self- determination continues to be brutally suppressed. Exploring the causes and consequences of the occupation, Kashmir: The Case for Freedom is a passionate call for the end of occupation, and for the right of self- determination for the Kashmiri people.

In her major address to the 99th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association on August 16, 2004, "Public Power in the Age of Empire," broadcast nationally on C-Span Book TV and on Democracy Now! and Alternative Radio, writer Arundhati Roy brilliantly examines the limits to democracy in the world today. Bringing the same care to her prose that she brought to her Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things, Roy discusses the need for social movements to contest the occupation of Iraq and the reduction of "democracy" to elections with no meaningful alternatives allowed. She explores the dangers of the "NGO-ization of resistance," shows how governments that block nonviolent dissent in fact encourage terrorism, and examines the role of the corporate media in marginalizing oppositional voices.

Maoist movement in Nepal.

«Un libro memorabile... ha la forza della verità dei sentimenti.» D la Repubblica MAN BOOKER PRIZE 1997 «Un libro memorabile... ha la forza della verità dei sentimenti.» D di Repubblica su Il dio delle piccole cose «Sembra un torrente in piena, frutto della necessità naturale di raccontare.» Il Sole 24 Ore su Il dio delle piccole cose «Una straordinaria chiarezza di visione, una voce originale, una storia brillantemente costruita e magistralmente raccontata.» Publishers Weekly su Il dio delle piccole cose Ammu, figlia di un alto funzionario, lascia un marito violento e torna a casa con i suoi bambini, i gemelli Estha e Rahel, maschio e femmina. Ma nell’India meridionale dei tardi anni Sessanta, una donna divorziata come lei si ritrova priva di una posizione sociale riconosciuta, soprattutto se commette l’errore di innamorarsi di un paria. I gemelli vogliono bene a Velutha, l’intoccabile che la madre può amare solo in segreto, e attraverso il loro sguardo, capace di cogliere le piccole cose e i piccoli eventi, prende forma la storia di un grande amore, in cui si riflette il tema universale dei sentimenti in conflitto con le convenzioni. Nei loro pensieri e nelle loro parole risuona la critica più radicale a ogni legge che stabilisce chi si deve amare, e come, e quanto. «Nelle mani di Arundhati le parole diventano armi, le armi dei movimenti di massa.» Naomi Klein «La polemica di Arundhati Roy è importante e necessaria... dobbiamo esserle grati per il suo coraggio e il suo talento.» Salman Rushdie «Gli scrittori di successo si accontentano del successo e cercano casomai di ripeterlo. Arundhati Roy si è servita del successo per farsi avanti come attivista dentro tante battaglie politiche ed ecologiche che riguardano il suo Paese e non solo...» Goffredo Fofi, Il Sole 24 Ore «Arundhati Roy oppone al terrore, a ogni terrore, la forza del sogno.» La Stampa «I suoi saggi sono la prova del suo talento come scrittrice e del suo coraggio di cittadina. Con la sua presenza e i suoi testi lotta contro un mondo che sceglie la guerra come strumento di governo e sceglie investimenti che in India come altrove distruggono l’ambiente e le economie locali.» il Manifesto «L’autrice è una donna che mette tutta se stessa nei suoi ideali. Con passione e rabbia.» Chicca Gagliardo, Glamour

From the bestselling author of The God of Small Things comes a scathing and passionate indictment of big government''s disregard for the individual. In her Booker Prize-winning novel, The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy turned a compassionate but unrelenting eye on one family in India. Now she lavishes the same acrobatic language and fierce humanity on the future of her beloved country. In this spirited polemic, Roy dares to take on two of the great illusions of India''s progress: the massive dam projects that were supposed to haul this sprawling subcontinent into the modern age--but which instead have displaced untold millions--and the detonation of India''s first nuclear bomb, with all its attendant Faustian bargains. Merging her inimitable voice with a great moral outrage and imaginative sweep, Roy peels away the mask of democracy and prosperity to show the true costs hidden beneath. For those who have been mesmerized by her vision of India, here is a sketch, traced in fire, of its topsy-turvy society, where the lives of the many are sacrificed for the comforts of the few. From the Trade Paperback edition.

In “gorgeously wrought” essays, the New York Times-bestselling author of The God of Small Things takes a critical look at India’s political climate (Time Magazine). These “powerful” essays (Kirkus Reviews) examine the dark side of contemporary India, looking 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. Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy writes about how the combination of Hindu nationalism and India’s neo-liberal economic reforms, which began their journey together in the early 1990s, are turning India into a police state. She describes the systematic marginalization of religious and ethnic minorities, the rise of terrorism, and the massive scale of displacement and dispossession of the poor by predatory corporations. She also offers a brilliant account of the August 2008 uprising of the people of Kashmir against India''s military occupation and an analysis of the November 2008 attacks on Mumbai. Field Notes on Democracy tracks the fault-lines that threaten to destroy India''s precarious democracy and send shockwaves through the region and beyond. “Genocide, denial, and truth-as-a-victim are just a few of the big subjects dealt with by Booker prize-winning Indian author and activist Roy . . . [a] vivid inside look at India''s turbulent growth.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Takes aim at India''s self-image—and reputation—as the world’s largest and most vibrant democracy.” —The Washington Post “After so much celebratory salesmanship about India the ‘emerging market,’ Roy draws us into India the actual country . . . one of the most confident and original thinkers of our time.” —Naomi Klein, New York Times-bestselling author of No is Not Enough

''What happens once democracy has been used up? When it has been hollowed out and emptied of meaning?'' Combining brilliant political insight and razor-sharp prose, Listening to Grasshoppers is the essential new book from Arundhati Roy. In these essays, she takes a hard look at the underbelly of the world''s largest democracy, and shows how the journey that Hindu nationalism and neo-liberal economic reforms began together in the early 1990s is unravelling in dangerous ways. Beginning with the state-backed pogrom against Muslims in Gujarat in 2002, she writes about how ''progrees'' and genocide have historically gone hand in hand; about the murky investigations into the 2001 attack on the 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 collection ends with an account of the August 2001 uprising in Kashmir and an analysis of the November 2008 attacks on Mumbai. ''The Briefing'', included as an appendix, is a fictional text that brings together many of the issues central to the collection. As it tracks the fault lines that threaten to destroy India''s precarious future, Listening to Grasshoppers asks fundamental questions about democracy itself - a political system that has, by virtue of being considered ''the best available option'', been put beyond doubt and correction.

''What happens once democracy has been used up? When it has been hollowed out and emptied of meaning?'' Combining brilliant political insight and razor-sharp prose, Listening to Grasshoppers is the essential new book from Arundhati Roy. In these essays, she takes a hard look at the underbelly of the world''s largest democracy, and shows how the journey that Hindu nationalism and neo-liberal economic reforms began together in the early 1990s is unravelling in dangerous ways. 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 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 collection 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 fictional text that brings together many of the issues central to the collection.

Un portrait envoûtant de l''Inde moderne. Le destin de deux jumeaux confrontés à un drame qui influencera le reste de leur vie. Un best-seller mondial, récompensé par le prestigieux Booker Prize.

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.

Collection of essays on several perspectives of global and local concerns, among them one being the abuse of nuclear bomb showoffs.

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An affluent Indian family is forever changed by one fateful day in 1969, from the author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness “[The God of Small Things] offers such magic, mystery, and sadness that, literally, this reader turned the last page and decided to reread it. Immediately. It’s that haunting.”—USA Today Compared favorably to the works of Faulkner and Dickens, Arundhati Roy’s modern classic is equal parts powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama. The seven-year-old twins Estha and Rahel see their world shaken irrevocably by the arrival of their beautiful young cousin, Sophie. It is an event that will lead to an illicit liaison and tragedies accidental and intentional, exposing “big things [that] lurk unsaid” in a country drifting dangerously toward unrest. Lush, lyrical, and unnerving, The God of Small Things is an award-winning landmark that started for its author an esteemed career of fiction and political commentary that continues unabated.

The Shape Of The Beast Is Our World Laid Bare, With Great Courage, Passion And Eloquence, By A Mind That Has Engaged Unhesitatingly With Its Changing Realities, Often Anticipating The Way Things Have Moved In The Last Decade. In The Fourteen Interviews Collected Here, Conducted Between January 2001 And March 2008, Arundhati Roy Examines The Nature Of State And Corporate Power As It Has Emerged During This Period, And The Shape That Resistance Movements Are Taking. As She Speaks, Among Other Things, About People Displaced By Dams And Industry, The Genocide In Gujarat, Maoist Rebels, The War In Kashmir And The Global War On Terror, She Raises Fundamental Questions About Democracy, Justice And Non-Violent Protest. Unabashedly Political, This Is Also A Deeply Personal Collection. Through The Conversations, Arundhati Talks About The Necessity Of Taking A Stand, As Also The Dilemma Of Guarding The Private Space Necessary For Writing In A World That Demands Urgent, Unequivocal Intervention. And In The Final Interview, She Discusses With Uncommon Candour Her Ambiguous Feelings About Success And Both The Pressures And The Freedom That Come With It.