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A few weeks after India detonated a thermonuclear device in 1998, Arundhati Roy wrote ‘The End of
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This essay examines Indian dam construction and challenges the idea that only "experts" can influence economic policy. It explores the human costs of the privatization of India’s power supply and the construction of monumental dams in India. This is the second essay in the original 2001 book. There
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Today in this world there are very few people who have the power and skill to change the way you look towards life through their writings. Arundhati Roy is one of them. The
Algebra of Infinite Justice is a fitting example. It contains the best of Arundhati Roy’s political
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