The war in Afghanistan was fought for feminist reasons, and the Marines were really on this feminist mission. But today, all the women in all these countries have been driven back into medieval situations. Women who were liberated, women who were doctors and lawyers and poets and writers and - you know, pushed back into this Shia set against Sunnis. The U.S. is supporting al-Qaeda militias all over this region and pretending that it's fighting Islam. So we are in a situation that is psychopathic.
Things can change in a day. - Arundhati Roy
Things can change in a day.
- Arundhati Roy
Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments u… - Arundhati Roy
Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments u…
To annihilate indigenous populations eventually paves the way to our own annihilation. They are the only people who practice sustainable living. We t… - Arundhati Roy
To annihilate indigenous populations eventually paves the way to our own annihilation. They are the only people who practice sustainable living. We t…
It's being made out that the whole point of the war was to topple the Taliban regime and liberate Afghan women from their burqas, we are being asked … - Arundhati Roy
It's being made out that the whole point of the war was to topple the Taliban regime and liberate Afghan women from their burqas, we are being asked …
The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speak… - Arundhati Roy
The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speak…
What's a country? It's just an administrative unit, a glorified municipality. Why do we imbue it with esoteric meaning and protect it with nuclear bo… - Arundhati Roy
What's a country? It's just an administrative unit, a glorified municipality. Why do we imbue it with esoteric meaning and protect it with nuclear bo…
What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to our dreams? What sort of dreams were … - Arundhati Roy
What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to our dreams? What sort of dreams were …
The world's 'freeest' country has the highest number in prison. - Arundhati Roy
The world's 'freeest' country has the highest number in prison.
That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less. - Arundhati Roy
That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.
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