Have we raised the threshold of horror so high that nothing… - Arundhati Roy

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Have we raised the threshold of horror so high that nothing short of a nuclear strike qualifies as a 'real' war? Are we to spend the rest of our lives in this state of high alert with guns pointed at each other's heads and fingers trembling on the trigger?

Arundhati Roy

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Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian writer and social activist

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