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A review by mveldeivendran1
Broken Republic by Arundhati Roy
5.0
The notions of development, progress, civilized are the nightmares for those who study and practise Anthropology. Its hard that one gets to see the diversified ways of living from the knowable past and watching it how it all turn to dust in the name of mentioned notions since the days of colonialism.
Last night when I watched her talk, I realised she has a way with seeing things beyond mere ideologies and labels most of 'the intellectuals' use these days. she says the ideals of western countries are contained in themselves with the complacency of being civilized and modern. Most of the societies are already doing their cultural transition with respect to those values. Some don't. It reminds me of the book I read on February 'The Adivaasi Will Not Dance.' Maybe try reading that one to get more clarity with my rambling here.
Coming to this book, it has 4 essays written between 2009-12. Essays depict more light and clarity how Government (irrespective of ruling party) always tend to favor the special interests rather than the poor, subaltern, tribal peoples out there. On the wars waged on central India in the name of Operation Green Hunt against the indigenous people so that the lands could be leased to undergo development projects.
Its not fancy writing, the kind of writing that would make a conscientious person nauseate of their own existence in such a system. Knowing that their mere existence is making certain people toil and suffer in a system that's not favourable for everyone. I'm not even talking about equality here.
I had a year spent as a part-time researcher in the metallurgical department of IIT Madras for a sponsored project of a major private firm in central India. I was too proud about it for a certain amount of time until I leave out of it. We all play the game of meritocracy and call it is the only thing close to fairness. Maybe we all could do better than this realizing that there are many marginalized people hoping to have the luxury of imagination to have their ways of living as they would want to, unlike those who fix themselves upon mad horses. Please don't take it for granted.
Last night when I watched her talk, I realised she has a way with seeing things beyond mere ideologies and labels most of 'the intellectuals' use these days. she says the ideals of western countries are contained in themselves with the complacency of being civilized and modern. Most of the societies are already doing their cultural transition with respect to those values. Some don't. It reminds me of the book I read on February 'The Adivaasi Will Not Dance.' Maybe try reading that one to get more clarity with my rambling here.
Coming to this book, it has 4 essays written between 2009-12. Essays depict more light and clarity how Government (irrespective of ruling party) always tend to favor the special interests rather than the poor, subaltern, tribal peoples out there. On the wars waged on central India in the name of Operation Green Hunt against the indigenous people so that the lands could be leased to undergo development projects.
Its not fancy writing, the kind of writing that would make a conscientious person nauseate of their own existence in such a system. Knowing that their mere existence is making certain people toil and suffer in a system that's not favourable for everyone. I'm not even talking about equality here.
I had a year spent as a part-time researcher in the metallurgical department of IIT Madras for a sponsored project of a major private firm in central India. I was too proud about it for a certain amount of time until I leave out of it. We all play the game of meritocracy and call it is the only thing close to fairness. Maybe we all could do better than this realizing that there are many marginalized people hoping to have the luxury of imagination to have their ways of living as they would want to, unlike those who fix themselves upon mad horses. Please don't take it for granted.