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    <body><![CDATA[This book is amazing and everyone should read it. This is a compilation of several essays by Roy. She discusses Dam projects in India, the US war, Enron, privitzation of natural resources, displacement of native peoples, and how all of this affects us globally. <br/><br/>This book really opened my...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26347645">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this when in India, and enjoyed it very much. Roy is obviously privileged and upper-class, and everyone I spoke to in India cautioned me against getting my picture of India solely from books written in English, so I read it with that in mind, but I still liked it. Her passionate political act...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1806910">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[read this if you want to get a better understanding on many issues facing India. Roy's an amazing writer]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a razor-sharp, targeted analysis of how the world's economic powers-that-be have built their empires on depriving poor people of information about their lives.  mostly about the rights of indigenous people in india, but roy's analysis is far-reaching and applies to other struggles throughout the dev...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/495745">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You can feel the intensity and anger of Ms. Roy about issues of importance. May not be the way to get insight about political issues bu I am impressed by her conscientiousness and political / enviromental awareness. Good account of narmada valley controversy for naive people like me.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This woman seems to have too much pop corn in her head. Looks like she can present really good left-libral arguments, but she is more of a showman. ]]></body>
    
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