The Algebra of Infinite Justice
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The Algebra of Infinite Justice (2001) is a collection of chapters written by Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy. The book discusses several perspectives of global and local concerns, among them one being the abuse of Nuclear bomb showoffs.
Published by the Penguin India Books Company, the book throws light on several issues from fields as diverse as political euphoria of nuclear bombs, the 'power' politics wherein she discusses the power generating companies of the world manipulating the laws and policies of the many power-deprived nations.
Written in fine and understandably simple language, wherein the style of writing often becomes metaphoric with comparisons of political and social figures with ancient and modern fanciful figures.It is power-packed with strong arguments with lots of evidence in its appendix.
The official introduction to the book by Penguin India is :
A few weeks after India detonated a thermonuclear device in 1998, Arundhati Roy wrote ‘The End of Imagination’. The essay attracted worldwide attention as the voice of a brilliant Indian writer speaking out with clarity and conscience against nuclear weapons. Over the next three and a half years, she wrote a series of political essays on a diverse range of momentous subjects: from the illusory benefits of big dams, to the downside of corporate globalization and the US Government’s war against terror. First published in 2001, The Algebra of Infinite Justice brings together all of Arundhati Roy’s political writings so far. This revised paperback edition includes two new essays, written in early 2002: ‘Democracy: Who’s She When She’s at Home’, that examines the horrific communal violence in Gujarat, and ‘War Talk: Summer Games with Nuclear Bombs’, about the threat of nuclear war in the Subcontinent.
- ISBN 0-14-302907-X (Penguin India)
- ISBN 0-00-714949-2 (Harper Collins)
