Azadi - Arundhati Roy

1 . See chapter 6.
2 . Roy, Ministry of Utmost Happiness , 184, 185.
3 . Kritika Sharma Sebastian, “We Want Freedom in India, Not from India: Kanhaiya,” The Hindu , March 5, 2016,
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/we-want-freedom-in-india-not-from-india-kanhaiya/article8315890.ece .
4 . “Yogi’s Revenge: UP Govt Sets up Panel to Seize Property of CAA Protesters,” Clarion India , December 24, 2019, https://clarionindia.net/yogisrevenge-up-govt-sets-up-panel-to-seize-property-of-caa-protesters/
.
5 . Liz Mathew and Abhinav Rajput, “Minister Anurag Thakur Chants Desh Ke Gaddaron Ko, Poll Rally Crowd Completes Goli Maaro . . .,” Indian
Express , January 28, 2020, https://indianexpress.com/article/india/anurag-thakur-slogan-rithala-rally-6238566/ .
6 . “Hours after Man Shot at Jamia Students, Amit Shah Asks Delhi Voters, ‘With Modi or Shaheen Bagh?’” Scroll India , January 31, 2020,
https://amp.scroll.in/latest/951665/hours-after-man-shot-at-jamia-students-amit-shah-asks-delhi-voters-with-modi-or-shaheen-bagh .
7 . Agence France-Presse, “India Can Now Defeat Pakistan ‘In 7–10 Days,’ Says Narendra Modi,” Live Mint , January 29, 2020,
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-can-now-defeat-pakistan-in-7-10-days-says-narendra-modi-11580304232357.html .
8 . Kai Schultz, “Indian Children’s Book Lists Hitler as Leader ‘Who Will Inspire You,’” New York Times , March 17, 2018,
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/world/asia/india-hitler-childrens-book.html .
9 . Arundhati Roy, The Doctor and The Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B. R. Ambedkar and M. K. Gandhi (Chicago:
Haymarket Books, 2018).
10 . Dhirendra K. Jha, “The Apostle of Hate,” Caravan , January 1, 2020, https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/historical-record-expose-lie-godse-left-rss .
11 . M. K. Gandhi, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (Electronic Book) (New Delhi: Government of India, Publications Division, 1999), vol. 1,
192–93.
12 . “‘Go to Pakistan,’ Says India Officer as Leader Praises Crackdown,” Al Jazeera, December 28, 2019,
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/pakistan-india-officer-leader-praises-crackdown-191228080506372.html .
13 . Arup Roychoudhury, “India’s Top 63 Billionaires Have More Wealth Than 2018–19 Budget Outlay,” Business Standard , January 21, 2020,
https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-s-top-63-billionaires-have-more-wealth-than-2018-19-budget-outlay-
120012100038_1.html .
14 . “Mettupalayam Untouchability Wall: The Fall of It and the Rise of Islam,” Dalit Camera , January 19, 2020,
https://www.dalitcamera.com/mettupalayam-untouchability-wall-the-fall-of-it-and-the-rise-of-islam/ .
15 . Roy, Ministry of Utmost Happiness , 90–91.
16 . Neethu Joseph, “Police Complaint against Kerala Critic for ‘Offensive’ Remarks against Arundhati Roy,” The News Minute , February 2, 2020,
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/police-complaint-against-kerala-critic-offensive-remarks-against-arundhati-roy-117351 .
17 . “Human Shield: Paresh Rawal Wants Arundhati Roy [to] Be Tied to Army Jeep Instead of Stone Pelter,” Times of India , May 22, 2017,
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/human-shield-paresh-rawal-wants-arundhati-roy-be-tied-to-army-jeep-instead-of-stonepelter/articleshow/58785670.cms
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18 . Babu Bajrangi, “After Killing Them I Felt Like Maharana Pratap,” Tehelka , September 1, 2001.
19 . A. Vaidyanathan, “14 Gujarat Riots Convicts Get Interim Bail, Supreme Court Orders Social Service,” NDTV, January 28, 2020,
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-riots-supreme-court-grants-bail-to-14-convicted-in-a-case-orders-them-to-do-social-and-spiri-2170755 .
20 . Roy, Ministry of Utmost Happiness , 65–67.
21 . Roy, Ministry of Utmost Happiness , 67.
22 . Roy, Ministry of Utmost Happiness , 88.
23 . Roy, Ministry of Utmost Happiness , 431–32.
24 . Roy, Ministry of Utmost Happiness , 349.
25 . Roy, Ministry of Utmost Happiness , 316–17, 334–35.
26 . Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things (New York: Random House, 1997), 208.
27 . Roy, Ministry of Utmost Happiness , 438–40.
THERE IS FIRE IN THE DUCTS, THE SYSTEM IS FAILING
1 . Anumeha Yadav, “Ground Report: Delhi Police Actions Caused Death of Man in Infamous National Anthem Video,” HuffPost India , March 1, 2020,
updated March 2, 2020, https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/delhi-riots-police-national-anthem-video-faizan_in_5e5bb8e1c5b6010221126276 .
2 . See chapter 5, “The Silence Is the Loudest Sound.”
3 . “The Truth: Gujarat 2002: Babu Bajrangi,” YouTube, October 25, 2007, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfnTl_Fwvbo .
THE PANDEMIC IS A PORTAL
1 . National Herald Web Desk, “PM National Relief Fund Has Only 15% Funds as Cash,” National Herald , March 30, 2020,
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/pm-national-relief-fund-has-only-15-funds-as-cash?
fbclid=IwAR2ZtB4rzzpU1e6Oqjh4B7KVj_EIt_v8Rc33jIuysJ93E9zsmb7-XMKpK-s .
2 . Child malnutrition: Fatima Khan, “Over 8.8 Lakh Deaths—India on Top in UNICEF Report on Under-5 Child Mortality in 2018,” The Print , October
17, 2019, https://theprint.in/india/8-lakh-deaths-india-unicef-report-child-mortality-2018/306950 ; Tuberculosis: Teena Thacker, “India Continues to
Record Maximum Number of Tuberculosis (TB) Cases,” Economic Times , October 17, 2019, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-andnation/india-continues-to-record-maximum-number-of-tuberculosis-tb-cases-/articleshow/71638359.cms?from=mdr
.