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India's fault lines run extensive and deep. A few of them return back ages; others are of relatively recent origin. The myriad villains these fault lines have spawned include rapists, murderers, terrorists, prophets of spiritual hatred, corrupt politicians, upholders of abhorrent caste traditions, competitors of free talk and dissent, apologists for regressive social practices, and external adversaries who try to destabilize our edges. All of them are accountable for impeding the country's progress, destroying the lives of numberless innocents, usually the poorest & most vulnerable of your people, and besmirching the democratic, plural, free and secular dynamics of our contemporary society. Placed against these enemies of your nation's promise will be the heroic ones - the poor, illiterate woman who was simply gang-raped but helped change the country's attitude towards women through her determined deal with for justice; the young soldier whose courage and sacrifice in the high Himalayas was an creativity to his comrades fighting with each other the Kargil Warfare; the wife whose husband was beheaded by Maoist terrorists yet sought not revenge but succour for the poor and underprivileged; and the child of the town blacksmith who was simply lynched by way of a mob of spiritual fundamentalists captivating for an end to discord and sectarian violence. These reviews, and a large number of others like them, map our country's fault lines. In this booklet Barkha Dutt recounts the ones that have left an indelible draw on her. Used together they offer a vivid, disastrous and unforgettable portrait of your unquiet land.
