Field Notes on Democracy

Name: Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers
ISBN: 9780241144626

Listening to Grasshoppers

Arundhati Roy

2009·252 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction

essays

“Gorgeously wrought . . . pitch-perfect prose. . . . In language of terrible beauty, she takes India's everyday tragedies and reminds us to be outraged all over again.”
— Chicago Tribune

Written in response to new developments in India that have seen the government launch a full scale war, "Operation Green Hunt," against the tribal community of Naxals defending their land in central India), and a previously unpublished essay also dealing with the government's response to the tribals' demands for greater land rights. Arundhati Roy's writings on the Naxals and her public support for their cause have led to a government investigation and threats of imprisonment, engendering worldwide petitions and outcry in her defense.

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Field Notes on Democracy

Listening to Grasshoppers

Arundhati Roy

Year

2009

Pages

252

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction

Praise

“Gorgeously wrought . . . pitch-perfect prose. . . . In language of terrible beauty, she takes India's everyday tragedies and reminds us to be outraged all over again.”
— Chicago Tribune