Capitalism: A Ghost StoryHaymarket Books, 14. apr. 2014 - 136 síður The “courageous and clarion” Booker Prize–winner “continues her analysis and documentation of the disastrous consequences of unchecked global capitalism” (Booklist). From the poisoned rivers, barren wells, and clear-cut forests, to the hundreds of thousands of farmers who have committed suicide to escape punishing debt, to the hundreds of millions of people who live on less than two dollars a day, there are ghosts nearly everywhere you look in India. India is a nation of 1.2 billion, but the country’s one hundred richest people own assets equivalent to one-fourth of India’s gross domestic product. Capitalism: A Ghost Story examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India and shows how the demands of globalized capitalism have subjugated billions of people to the highest and most intense forms of racism and exploitation. “A highly readable and characteristically trenchant mapping of early-twenty-first-century India’s impassioned love affair with money, technology, weaponry and the ‘privatization of everything,’ and—because these must not be impeded no matter what—generous doses of state violence.” —The Nation “A vehement broadside against capitalism in general and American cultural imperialism in particular . . . an impassioned manifesto.” —Kirkus Reviews “Roy’s central concern is the effect on her own country, and she shows how Indian politics have taken on the same model, leading to the ghosts of her book’s title: 250,000 farmers have committed suicide, 800 million impoverished and dispossessed Indians, environmental destruction, colonial-like rule in Kashmir, and brutal treatment of activists and journalists. In this dark tale, Roy gives rays of hope that illuminate cracks in the nightmare she evokes.” —Publishers Weekly |
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... killed themselves, and of the 800 million who have been impoverished and dispossessed to make way for us. 4 And who survive on less than twenty Indian rupees a day.5 Mukesh Ambani is personally worth $20 billion. 6 He holds a majority ...
... killed themselves, and of the 800 million who have been impoverished and dispossessed to make way for us. 4 And who survive on less than twenty Indian rupees a day.5 Mukesh Ambani is personally worth $20 billion. 6 He holds a majority ...
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... killed and thirty-seven injured.14 Six years have gone by, and though the villages remain under siege by armed policemen, the protest has not died. Meanwhile in Chhattisgarh, the Salwa Judum burned, raped, and murdered its way through ...
... killed and thirty-seven injured.14 Six years have gone by, and though the villages remain under siege by armed policemen, the protest has not died. Meanwhile in Chhattisgarh, the Salwa Judum burned, raped, and murdered its way through ...
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... kill “on suspicion.” Going by the tens of thousands of unmarked graves and anonymous cremation pyres in Kashmir, Manipur, and Nagaland, we might judge it to be a very suspicious army indeed.18 While the preparations for deployment are ...
... kill “on suspicion.” Going by the tens of thousands of unmarked graves and anonymous cremation pyres in Kashmir, Manipur, and Nagaland, we might judge it to be a very suspicious army indeed.18 While the preparations for deployment are ...
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... killed merely for protesting power cuts. (That happened a few weeks ago in Kashmir.) 22 How can they stop a dam? The most delusional dam of all is the Kalpasar in Gujarat. It is being planned as a 34-km-long dam across the Gulf of ...
... killed merely for protesting power cuts. (That happened a few weeks ago in Kashmir.) 22 How can they stop a dam? The most delusional dam of all is the Kalpasar in Gujarat. It is being planned as a 34-km-long dam across the Gulf of ...
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... killing. People who watched their loved ones being raped, eviscerated, and burned alive, the tens of thousand who were driven from their homes, still wait for a gesture toward justice. But Modi has traded in his saffron scarf and ...
... killing. People who watched their loved ones being raped, eviscerated, and burned alive, the tens of thousand who were driven from their homes, still wait for a gesture toward justice. But Modi has traded in his saffron scarf and ...
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Id Rather Not Be Anna | |
Dead Men Talking | |
Kashmirs Fruits of Discord | |
A Perfect Day For Democracy | |
Consequences of hanging Afzal Guru | |
Afterword | |
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