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MINORITY vs MAJORITY: What the Muslims were to the BJP, the Maoists are to the Congress, says Arundhati Roy.

MINORITY vs MAJORITY: What the Muslims were to the BJP, the Maoists are to the Congress, says Arundhati Roy.

'Indian democracy in a state of emergency'

In her latest series of essays, author and activist Arundhati Roy sounds deeply dismissive of the Indian democracy and perhaps supportive of the Maoist struggle. "Democracy has been fused with free-market capitalism and it is this that has made a serious erosion and hollowed up institutions," says Roy. Why does she take these positions? That's the key issue Karan Thapar explores with Arundhati Roy on Devil's Advocate.

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