DN - Ahrundhati Roy - Eroding of Democracy Worldwide

DemocracyNow
September 29, 2009
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Author Arundhati Roy on the Human Costs of India's Economic Growth, the View of Obama from New Delhi, and Escalating US Attacks in Af-Pak
Were joined from the Indian capital of New Delhi by the Booker Prize-winning novelist, political essayist and global justice activist Arundhati Roy. Her books include the Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things and her latest essay collection, Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers. We speak to Roy about Indias conflict with Maoist rebels, the occupation of Kashmir, ongoing Indian-Pakistani tensions, Obamas war in Af-Pak, and more.