{"product_id":"9781608467983","title":"The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste: The Debate Between B. R. Ambedkar and M. K. Gandhi","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Democracy hasn’t eradicated caste,” writes Arundhati Roy. “It has entrenched and modernized it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo best understand caste today in India, Roy insists we must examine the influence of Gandhi in shaping what India ultimately became: independent of British rule, globally powerful, and marked to this day by the caste system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e““For more than half a century—throughout his adult life—[Gandhi’s] pronouncements on the inherent qualities of black Africans, untouchables and the laboring classes remained consistently insulting,”“ writes Roy. ““His refusal to allow working-class people and untouchables to create their own political organizations and elect their own representatives remained consistent too.”“\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Doctor and the Saint\u003c\/i\u003e, Roy reveals some uncomfortable, even controversial, truths about the political thought and career of India’s most famous, and most revered figure. At the same time, Roy makes clear that what millions of Indians need is not merely formal democracy, but liberation from the oppression, shame, and poverty imposed on them by India’s archaic caste system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Arundhati Roy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e““Arundhati Roy is incandescent in her brilliance and her fearlessness.”“\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJunot Díaz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e““The fierceness with which Arundhati Roy loves humanity moves my heart.”“\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAlice Walker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArundhati Roy\u003c\/b\u003e studied architecture in New Delhi, where she now lives. She is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received the 1997 Booker Prize. The novel has been translated into forty languages worldwide. She has written several non-fiction books, including \u003ci\u003eField Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCapitalism: A Ghost Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165377577200,"sku":"9781608467983","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608467983_p0.jpg?v=1769902550","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608467983","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}