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Growing religious fundamentalism is directly linked to globalization and to privatization. The Indian government is talking about selling its entire power sector to foreign multinationals, but when the consequences of that become hard to manage, the government immediately starts saying, "Should we build the Ram temple in Ayodhya?" Everyone goes baying off in that direction. Meanwhile, contracts are signed. It's like a game. That's something we have to understand. It's like a pincer action. With one hand they're selling the country out to multinationals. With the other they're orchestrating this howling cultural nationalism. On the one hand you're saying that the world is a global village. On the other hand governments spend millions and millions patrolling their borders with nuclear weapons.


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Author Bio


  • NameArundhati Roy
  • DescriptionIndian novelist, essayist
  • BornNovember 24, 1961
  • CountryIndia
  • ProfessionNovelist; Writer
  • WorksThe God Of Small Things
  • AwardsNorman Mailer Prize