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

Published London : Penguin, [2009] ©2009

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Description xxxvii, 256 pages : map ; 21 cm regular print Summary 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 Notes Also published in London by Hamish Hamilton in 2009 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Nationalism -- India. Democracy -- India. Minorities -- India -- Social conditions. Minorities -- Government policy -- India. Terrorism -- India. SUBJECT India -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064936 India -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064951 ISBN 9780241144626 hardback 0241144620 hardback 9780141044095 paperback

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