Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book explores how the small things affect people's behavior and their lives. The book also reflects its irony against casteism, which is a major discrimination that prevails in India. It won the Booker Prize in 1997.

"An epic novel of love and history and the perseverance of the human spirit in the face of loss and tragedy"--

A collection of essays and conversations between the authors as they reflect on their conversations with Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden. They discuss he nature of the state, empire, and surveillance in an era of perpetual war, the meaning of flags and patriotism, the role of foundations and NGOs in limiting dissent, and the ways in which capital but not people can freely cross borders.--

This book is that testimony, expertly introduced by activist Muge Gursoy Sokmen, Booker Prize winner and peace activist Arundhati Roy, and the noted human rights scholar Richard Falk. As Roy notes in her introduction, this is an attempt to "correct the record-to document the history of the war not from the point of view of the victors but of the temporarily-and I repeat the word "temporarily"--Vanquished." Every aspect of the war is examined-from its legality, to the effects of cluster bombs and depleted uranium, to its ecological impact, to the history of US and British military interventions of Iraq, to the role of international institutions and corporations in the occupation, to the use of torture, and to strategies of resistance. -- Publisher description.

An overview of India emphasizing its cultural aspects.

„Es ist ein schwerer analytischer Fehler zu sagen, dass der Terrorismus die Waffe der Schwachen ist. Wie andere Formen der Gewalt ist er in erster Linie eine Waffe der Starken. Er wird für eine Waffe der Schwachen gehalten, weil die Starken auch die doktrinären Systeme kontrollieren und ihr Terrorismus nicht als Terrorismus zählt.“ Diese Analyse von Noam Chomsky ist nur ein Beispiel für den kritischen Zugang der verschiedenen AutorInnen des vorliegenden Buches zu den Ereignissen des 11. September und der Reaktion der US-Administration. Der Herausgeber Wolfgang Haug versammelt Stimmen abseits des Mainstreams und liefert damit Material, um eindimensionalen Argumentationsweisen der „bedingungslosen Solidarität“ mit den USA zu kontern. Auggenommen wurden u.a. Beiträge von Eduardo Galeano, Saskia Sassen, Robert Fisk, Uri Avneri, Tariq Ali, Vandana Shiva sowie eine Stellungnahme von Human Rights Watch zur Nord-Allianz. Wie es sich für einen libertär-anarchistischen Verlag wie „Trotzdem“ gehört, liegt der Schwerpunkt auf der Sorge um die freiheitlich-demokratische Ordnung und den Datenschutz, die in Zeiten von Rufen nach immer mehr „innerer Sicherheit“ gefährdet sind. Die Beiträge stellen eine Sammlung von Artikeln dar, die in der Zeit nach dem 11. September größtenteils im Internet veröffentlicht wurden. Der Verdienst des Buches liegt also nicht darin, Neues zu bringen, sondern diese Texte erstmals in Buchform den deutschsprachigen LeserInnen zugänglich zu machen. (Quelle: [Stefan Kerl, Südwind](

Stories and excerpts of novels from India since the country attained its independence in 1947. The subjects range from religious strife, to the assault on the senses of the many people one is surrounded by.

On Naxalite movement and Indian state's counter insurgency methods and other policies.

"To best understand and address the inequality in India today, Arundhati Roy insists we must examine both the political development and influence of M. K. Gandhi and why B. R. Ambedkar's brilliant challenge to his near-divine status was suppressed by India's elite. In Roy's analysis, we see that Ambedkar's fight for justice was systematically sidelined in favor of policies that reinforced caste, resulting in the current nation of India: independent of British rule, globally powerful, and marked to this day by the caste system. This book situates Ambedkar's arguments in their vital historical context-- namely, as an extended public political debate with Mohandas Gandhi. "For more than half a century--throughout his adult life--[Gandhi's] pronouncements on the inherent qualities of black Africans, untouchables and the laboring classes remained consistently insulting," writes Roy. "His refusal to allow working-class people and untouchables to create their own political organizations and elect their own representatives remained consistent too." In The Doctor and the Saint, Roy exposes some uncomfortable, controversial, and even surprising truths about the political thought and career of India's most famous and most revered figure. In doing so she makes the case for why Ambedkar's revolutionary intellectual achievements must be resurrected, not only in India but throughout the world."--

"The end of imagination brings together five of Arundhati Roy's acclaimed books of essays into one comprehensive volume for the first time and features a new introduction by the author"--Back cover.