Praise for Arundhati Roy's Field Notes on Democracy:

"Gorgeously wrought . . . pitch-perfect prose. . . . In language of terrible beauty, she takes India's everyday tragedies and reminds us to be outraged all over again."—Time

"In her searing account, Roy asks whether our shriveled forms of democracy will be 'the endgame of the human race'—and shows vividly why this is a prospect not to be lightly dismissed."—Noam Chomsky

This collection of essays— framed around a tour-de-force essay on the vital role of foundations in the history of empire, delivered at Princeton University—shows how the demands of globalized capitalism have subjugated billions of people around the world to dispossession, exclusion, and exploitation. Arundhati Roy also writes of the vibrant resistance in Kashmir to occupation, and with her remarkable passion, keen insight, and writer's eye, takes on the forces that would subject the vibrant social movements and cultures of the world to the narrow imperatives of profit and privilege.

Arundhati Roy is a world-renowned Indian author and global justice activist. From her celebrated Booker Prize–winning novel The God of Small Things to her prolific output of writing on topics ranging from climate change to war, the perils of free-market "development" in India, and the defense of the poor, Roy's voice has become indispensable to millions seeking a better word. Her recent nonfiction books include Field Notes on Democracy and Walking with the Comrades. She lives in New Delhi, India.