As for the third Official Reason: exposing Western Hypocris… - Arundhati Roy

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As for the third Official Reason: exposing Western Hypocrisy - how much more exposed can they be? Which decent human being on earth harbors any illusions about it? These are people whose histories are spongy with the blood of others. Colonialism, apartheid, slavery, ethnic cleansing, germ warfare, chemical weapons - they virtually invented it all.

Arundhati Roy

The Cost of Living · October 1, 1999 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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

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