The Greater Common Good May, 1999 http://www.narmada.org/gcg/gcg.html.

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.

— Arundhati Roy

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "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." in the context of "The Greater Common Good May, 1999 http://www.narmada.org/gcg/gcg.html." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian writer and social activist