Abhishek Rai

“in 2015 that even though 85 per cent of rural women are engaged in agriculture, only 13 per cent of them own land.”
― Josy Joseph, A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India

“Democracy in India is only a ‘top dressing on an Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic’.”
― Josy Joseph, A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India

“the school building had been comprehensively repaired two decades ago. ‘It was badly damaged in the rains and there was no place for our children to study. We all came together and repaired the building,’ he said. When I visited, the floors were all gone, the walls were cracked, the yellow paint long peeled off, the roof leaky, and the whole structure covered in dust.”
― Josy Joseph, A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India

“In New Delhi, all discussions are now about transforming India into a manufacturing hub, building smart cities and strengthening the country’s IT power status. A new government is talking about regaining India’s past glory and its rightful place in the global order. But here in Hridaychak, those words mean nothing.”
― Josy Joseph, A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India