Oddly enough, it was he who had introduced the twins to Kathakali...<i>He is searching for the beast that lives within him</i>, Comrade Pillai had to… - Arundhati Roy

Searching for the Man who lives in him was perhaps what he really meant, because certainly no beast has essayed the boundless, infinitely inventive art of human hatred. No beast can match its range and power.

Certainly no beast has essayed the boundless, infinitely inventive art of human hatred. No beast can match its range and power.

If you're happy in a dream, does that count?

The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. There's no innocence. Either way, you're accountable.

India lives in her villages, we are told in every other sanctimonious public speech, That's bullshit. India doesn't live in her villages. India dies in her villages. India gets kicked around in her villages. India lives in her cities. India's villages just live only to serve her cities. Her villages are her citizen's vassals and for that reason must be controlled and kept alive, but only just.