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A review by vipinsirigiri
Broken Republic: Three Essays by Arundhati Roy
4.0
Perhaps the author's view could be best described by a phrase I recently came across, 'To confront a mind that radically alters our perception of the world is one of life's most unsettling yet liberating experiences. Unsettling because it can undercut carefully constructed rationales, liberating because at last the obvious is seen for what it is. However troubling reality may be, human dignity is not affirmed in fleeing it.'
As expected, Arundhati Roy gives her obsequiously passionate dialogue for left-wing militants that forces you to atleast admit that the state is equally at blame for existing scenario in the Red Corridor. The book begins with her sardonic praise for then Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram and his whole nexus with mining corporates; followed up by her own experience with Naxalites and an independent book (too) aptly titled, Walking with the comrades; and concluding with her cynical description on Capitalism.
Whether Naxalite movement is justifiable is debatable, whether you agree with the author's view is debatable but whether the author makes a well-researched compelling narrative, absolutely yes!
As expected, Arundhati Roy gives her obsequiously passionate dialogue for left-wing militants that forces you to atleast admit that the state is equally at blame for existing scenario in the Red Corridor. The book begins with her sardonic praise for then Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram and his whole nexus with mining corporates; followed up by her own experience with Naxalites and an independent book (too) aptly titled, Walking with the comrades; and concluding with her cynical description on Capitalism.
Whether Naxalite movement is justifiable is debatable, whether you agree with the author's view is debatable but whether the author makes a well-researched compelling narrative, absolutely yes!