An uncompromising look at her own life through her complicated relationship with her mother.
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New perspectives on history, complicated family relationships and a creative approach to health.
Roy’s portrait of her terrifying yet courageous mother is at the centre of this memoir, which charts her own embrace of danger as an activist-writer.
Charging one of India’s best-known public intellectuals sends a message to all Modi critics.
Claiming Hinduism represents India’s “true” identity, nationalists have targeted religious minorities and government critics, labelling them as threats to India.
Arundhati Roy’s prosecution is just one of a series of actions by Narendra Modi’s government against its opponents – including journalists, activists, students and opposing politicians.
There is a need to be alive to tensions between short- and long-term objectives, as well as the assumptions we hold around what we consider to be “better” and how to achieve it.
Author and activist Arundhati Roy proves once again that she is a passionate voice of dissent in a nation that’s tilting towards authoritarianism.
Award-winning author Arundhati Roy’s activism has made her a longtime target of the Indian government. At a recent Toronto event, she received a standing ovation as she read from her new novel.
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