The Cost of Living: The Greater Common Good and The End of Imagination

this book is nothing like i imagined it would be; when u look at the subject matter of the two essays, 'dams & their repurcussions' and 'nuclear madness', u can be forgiven for having reservations about reading it. in the hands of any other author perhaps, this book would have been dry and dull. Roy however, weaves a sparkly kind of magic in her treatment of the subject that entertains, informs, and awakens a passionate anger inside the reader, all at once. she doesnt teach like a teacher, but manages to make us learn alot in a short space of time anyway.her writing style is ironic but never dull, exciting but never hyper, and only a truly great author can turn a subject like dams - of all things! - into something u actually want to know about. she is wholly committed to the voiceless millions in her country, and has become their voice at a huge risk to herself.reading this book makes one realise that we all have a responsibility to increase our awareness of what is going on around the world with ordinary, innocent human beings, who have to fight an entire government just for the right to exist.no doubt about it, a great book by a great woman.