The Latest Breaking News from Arundhati Roy

Cultural gathering in Kozhikode to seek release of ‘GROW’ Vasu

Activists, artists, singers to gather at Pottammal to demand that the government drop case against Vasu when he is produced in court on Friday. Writers Arundhati Roy and K.G. Sankarapillai seek his release.

The Hindu · Aug 9, 2023

Indian women’s blind football team set to leave for IBSA World Games

The Indian women’s blind football team is all set to participate in the eight-team IBSA World Games set to get under way at the University of Birmingham from August 14 to 21. When India takes on Austria in the first match on August 14, history will be made as an…

The Hindu · Aug 7, 2023

Country is burning; It is ethnic cleansing in Manipur: Arundhati Roy

She was in Thrissur on Sunday to receive the Navamalayali Cultural Prize instituted by Navamalayali Magazine at Kerala Sahitya Akademi Hall.

The Hindu · Aug 6, 2023

How linguistic diversity in English-language fiction reveals resistance and tension

Linguistic diversity, like other types of diversity, can enrich life. It’s a truism that languages and cultures are closely allied. Some believe that language imposes its own unique perceptual grid on its users.

The Conversation · Feb 23, 2023

Western countries stay silent as India cracks down on democracy

Letter: Rajendra Kumar Kale responds to an article by Arundhati Roy on how Narendra Modi’s violent nationalism is underwritten by big business

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

Book award finalists are 'debut novelists' in name only

Three of this year's fiction finalists for the National Book Awards are first-time novelists, at least officially

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Arundhati Roy flags signs of fascism in India, says it is aided by corporate funding

Writer Arundhati Roy dissects Hindutva fascism; says key question to ask is what makes people revere a person that is humiliating them

The Hindu · Oct 9, 2022

We are like a plane flying backwards, says Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy, writer and activist delivered the Gauri Lankesh Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru

The Hindu · Sep 5, 2022

Mary Roy, educator and champion of women’s rights, passes away

Mary Roy, mother of renowned writer Arundhati Roy, fought a 39-year-long legal battle to gain equal access to the property of her deceased father that led to a landmark Supreme Court judgement against the archaic Travencore Christian Succession Act of 1916

The Hindu · Sep 1, 2022

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before

Since its independence in 1947, India has transformed from a poverty-stricken nation into one of the world's fastest-growing economies

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2022