![]() ![]() And throughout her essays, Roy interrogates her own roles as "writer" and "activist." Desperately working against the backdrop of the nuclear recklessness between her homeland and Pakistan, she calls into question the equation of nation and ethnicity. demands for a war on Iraq, Roy confronts the call to militarism. From the horrific pogroms against Muslims in Gujarat, India, to U.S. ![]() Her work highlights the global rise of religious and racial violence. War Talk collects new essays by this prolific writer. Invited to lecture as part of the prestigious Lannan -Foundation series on the first anniversary of the unconscionable attacks of September 11, 2001, Roy challenged those who equate dissent with being "anti-American." Her previous essays on globalization and dissent have led many to see Roy as "India's most impassioned critic of globalization and American influence" ( New York Times). The eloquence, passion, and political insight of Roy’s political essays have added legions of readers to those already familiar with her Booker Prize-winning novel. As the United States pushes for war on Iraq, Arundhati Roy, the internationally acclaimed author of The God of Small Things, addresses issues of democracy and dissent, racism and empire, and war and peace in this collection of new essays. ![]()
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