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Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy, authored by Arundhati Roy, is a brilliant book that delves into Indian Democracy and the currently existing social, economic and political concerns of the country. Summary of the Book In a country as diverse as India, there are many issues in every walk of life that need to be addressed. The author, in this book, attempts to understand what the reasons behind such issues are. What went wrong in the Neo-Liberal Economic Reforms? Why did the Gujarat Riots break out? Why has the best governing method – democracy – being played with corruption, discrepancies, and insincerity? Arundhati Roy’s sharp wit and a keen insight on these disputes have been vividly evident in this book and is a must have in your collection. About Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy, born in 1961, is an Indian author and activist. She is the author of The Cost Of Living, War Talk, Walking with the Comrades, The Algebra of Infinite Justice, and Power Politics. Roy graduated from the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi. She later became involved in anti-globalization campaigns and protested against the Narmada dam project. She believes that Kashmir should be given independence from India, and disapproves of India’s nuclear policies. Roy’s first novel, The God of Small Things, was a New York Times bestseller, and it won her the Man Booker Prize. She is the recipient of the 2002 Cultural Freedom Prize, which was given to her by the Lannan Foundation. Two years later, she won the Sydney Peace Prize. In 2006, the author was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award, however, she declined to accept it. In 2011, Roy won the Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Writing. The author lives in New Delhi.