About the Book: Azadi : Freedom Fascism
The chant of Azadi! - Urdu for Freedom-is the slogan of the freedom struggle in
Kashmir against what the Kashmiris see as the Indian Occupation. Ironically, it
also became the chant of millions on the streets of India against the project of
Hindu nationalism. Even as Arundhati Roy began to ask what lay between these two
calls for freedom-a chasm or a bridge?-the streets fell silent. Not only in
India but all over the world. Covid-19 brought with it another, more terrible,
understanding of Azadi, making a nonsense of international borders,
incarcerating whole populations, and bringing the modern world to