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020			_a9780143460169
082			_a954.600533 _bROY
100			_aRoy, Arundhati
245			_aAzadi : freedom, fascism, fiction
260			_bPenguin Books, _c2022 _aGurugram :
300			_aviii, 332 p. ; _c20 cm
365			_b499.00 _cINR _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aThe chant of 'Azadi!' - Urdu for 'Freedom!' - is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what Kashmiris see as the Indian Occupation. Ironically, it also became the chant of millions on the streets of India against the project of Hindu Nationalism. Even as Arundhati Roy began to ask what lay between these two calls for Freedom - a chasm or a bridge? - the streets fell silent. Not only in India, but all over the world. The Coronavirus brought with it another, more terrible understanding of Azadi, making a nonsense of international borders, incarcerating whole populations, and bringing the modern world to a halt like nothing else ever could. In this series of electrifying essays, Arundhati Roy challenges us to reflect on the meaning of freedom in a world of growing authoritarianism. The essays include meditations on language, public as well as private, and on the role of fiction and alternative imaginations in these disturbing times. The pandemic, she says, is a portal between one world and another. For all the illness and devastation it has left in its wake, it is an invitation to the human race, an opportunity, to imagine another world.
650			_aCivilization
650			_aHindutva
650			_aIntellectual life
650			_aNationalism
650			_aIndia, Jammu and Kashmir
650			_aPolitical Ideologies
650			_a Fascism
650			_aTotalitarianism
650			_a Freedom
650			_aAuthoritarianism
650			_a Covid-19
650			_a Statelessness
650			_aNarendra Modi
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