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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Si les interesa la historia reciente y política de India nada más, pero es muy interesante. SI LES INTERESA ESO.
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
This is book is a great read if you want to feel good about...nothing.
As a Canadian I appreciated reading about the struggles of several segments of the Indian population as these stories rarely make it to the news here.
Having read this years after it was initially published, the focus on the Occupy movement was heartbreaking.
As a Canadian I appreciated reading about the struggles of several segments of the Indian population as these stories rarely make it to the news here.
Having read this years after it was initially published, the focus on the Occupy movement was heartbreaking.
informative
reflective
fast-paced
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
A brutal exposé of India’s adoption of the American Way of capitalism, exported through NGOs, think tanks, and international organizations more than I ever realized. Dismantling capitalism feels more foreign than ever, yet utterly necessary.
This book covers a variety of topics relating to exploitation, war, business and government and their relationship to global capitalism.
"...It's not about liberating her but about unclothing her. It becomes an act of humiliation and cultural imperialism. Coercing a woman out of her burka is as bad as coercing her into one. It's not about the burka, it's about the coercion. Viewing gender in this way, shorn of social, political and economic context, makes it an issue of identity, a battle of props and costumes. It's what's allowed the US government to use Western feminist liberal groups as moral cover when it invaded Afghanistan in 2001. Afghan women were (and are) in terrible trouble under the Taliban. But dropping daisy cutters on them was not going to solve the problem" - one of my favorite parts of the book.
Highly recommend, especially to learn a perspective of Indian politics from an Indian author.
"...It's not about liberating her but about unclothing her. It becomes an act of humiliation and cultural imperialism. Coercing a woman out of her burka is as bad as coercing her into one. It's not about the burka, it's about the coercion. Viewing gender in this way, shorn of social, political and economic context, makes it an issue of identity, a battle of props and costumes. It's what's allowed the US government to use Western feminist liberal groups as moral cover when it invaded Afghanistan in 2001. Afghan women were (and are) in terrible trouble under the Taliban. But dropping daisy cutters on them was not going to solve the problem" - one of my favorite parts of the book.
Highly recommend, especially to learn a perspective of Indian politics from an Indian author.
One sided. Biased. Propagandist. Anti-capitalism.
There are very valid points raised sometimes about inequality and misery suffered by the poor, but then this is not the way one would go taking about it. There is a clear agenda; this book is for those malleable minds waiting to jump into the freeway of the anti-government.
There are very valid points raised sometimes about inequality and misery suffered by the poor, but then this is not the way one would go taking about it. There is a clear agenda; this book is for those malleable minds waiting to jump into the freeway of the anti-government.
The first (and longest) essay in this book was brilliant and eye opening - I scribbled in every margin and have told nearly every person I’ve talked to this week about things I learned. Highly highly recommend it. The rest of the essays are fast paced and more about India’s specific political and capitalist climate, which were informative but not as gripping. Still, really appreciate Roy’s voice and seeing what true activist writing is like.