Field Notes on Democracy

About “Field Notes on Democracy”

Field Notes on Democracy is a series of essays by Arundhati Roy that examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. It analyzes how religious majoritarianism, cultural nationalism, and neo-fascism are present beneath India's image as the world's largest democracy, focusing on the impact of Hindu Nationalism and neo-liberal economic reforms since the early 1990s, the marginalization of religious and ethnic minorities, the rise of terrorism, and the displacement of the poor by predatory corporations.