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Arundati Roy on sham Democracy in India
by
Rich
on Tue 29 Sep 2009 06:38 PM PDT | Permanent Link
In a country where one can be arrested for writing a book because it offends the sentiments of religious devotees or criticizing or for criticizing the judiciary this interview with Arundati Roy addresses sham democracy in India. One has to confront Arundati one by one on the issues she raises for social justice that are wide ranging and concern Maoist in Orissa, armed occupation in Kashmir, the ever latent potential for genocide within the power regimes couched within Hindu or Islamic fundamentalist movements or even more to the point, the model of Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism for ethnic cleansing that is being adapted by the Home Minister (and former Enron lawyer) India's new neo-liberal elite, its global corporations to move 85% of the population from the villages and countryside into mega-city slums, appropriating the lands of indigenous peoples, to harvest for themselves India's last remaining natural mineral resources, such as bauxite....
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Re: Arundati Roy on sham Democracy in India
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adam pogioli
on Wed 30 Sep 2009 03:23 AM PDT | Profile | Permanent Link
Roy has claimed elsewhere that appreciation of beauty is impossible after all the recent war and terrorism. Yet what stands out in her is a beauty and joy that radiates even as she discusses these atrocities that must hit so close to her heart.
Re: Re: Arundati Roy on sham Democracy in India
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Tony Clifton
on Wed 30 Sep 2009 08:39 AM PDT | Profile | Permanent Link
Thanks for your comments Adam. It seems like Arundati is riffing off Ardono's statement that to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric..
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