The Hanging Of Afzal Guru
Arundhati Roy
238 Pages
Language: English
Life Changing
Arundhati Roy investigates the trial and execution of Afzal Guru, exposing legal lapses, political motivations, and media complicity. Bold and unflinching, this is essential reading for justice seekers. Download it now as a free pdf download from Bookdio, your trusted source for bold free books download.
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"In the case of Afzal Guru, the law was not just bent—it was broken."
The Hanging Of Afzal Guru is not just a book—it’s an autopsy of democracy. Arundhati Roy fearlessly investigates the 2001 Indian Parliament attack and the controversial execution of Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri man hanged in 2013 under a cloud of disturbing legal and ethical questions.
Roy doesn’t claim to have all the answers. Instead, she asks the questions no one else dares to—about due process, fabricated evidence, media hysteria, and the use of the death penalty as a political tool. With razor-sharp logic and devastating clarity, she examines court documents, media reports, and government actions to show how Afzal’s trial was riddled with inconsistencies. Why was his lawyer appointed hours before the trial? Why was his confession—given in police custody—taken as gospel? And why, as the court itself admitted, was he hanged to satisfy the "collective conscience" of the nation?
Roy also unpacks the media’s role in shaping public opinion, the silencing of dissent, and how Kashmir becomes a theatre for “national unity” at the cost of truth. Her writing is urgent, intimate, and intellectually bold.
Whether or not you agree with her, this book will challenge what you think you know about justice, nationalism, and democracy in India.
Now available as a free pdf download on Bookdio, this is not just a free books download—it’s a confrontation with conscience. Read it. Question it. Share it.
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