"It turned out to be a war which, unfortunately for Comrade Pillai, would end almost before it began. Victory was gifted to him wrapped and beribboned, on a silver tray. Only then, when it was too late, and Paradise Pickles slumped softly to the floor without so much as a murmur or even the pretense of resistance, did Comrade Pillai realize that what he really needed was the process of war more than the outcome of victory. War could have been the stallion that he rode, part of, if not all, the way to the Legislative Assembly, whereas victory left him no better off than when he started out.He broke the eggs but burned the omelette."

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About Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist whose debut novel The God of Small Things won the Booker Prize in 1997. She is also known for influential political essays on globalization, democracy, and environmental justice. Her work spans fiction, nonfiction, and public advocacy.

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