Watch the moment Arundhati Roy's 'The God of Small Things' is announced as the 1997 Booker Prize winner #TheBookerPrize #Books | The Booker Prizes

ARUNDHATI ROY in conversation with K. R. MEERA “In this regime, it’s an honour to have books banned” — Arundhati Roy When great minds meet, we witness the power of words. Arundhati Roy and K. R. Meera — two iconic voices in literature, discuss how the system forces us and shrinks us into set structures and the need to liberate ourselves as women. The dialogue analyses life, literature and politics, strictly adhering to one’s courage and developing a broader viewpoint about the experiences that s

Legendary author Arundhati Roy says she refuses to be used as a political tool in India—or to let her latest novel, which addresses the caste system and India's occupation of Kashmir, be depoliticized. http://ow.ly/tzvD30jOZVf | Democracy Now!

“People are being lynched every day on the streets on the basis of rumours spread on WhatsApp.” Author Arundhati Roy says on the face of it India is a “friendly democracy” - but that is at “the cost of a large underclass”. | Channel 4 News

“The violence in India is terrifying,” says author Arundhati Roy. Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeCoYj7Cfdo | BBC Newsnight