Said Arundhati Roy: ‘It is a way of shutting down a conversation about a crime against humanity even as it unfolds before us in real time—when artists, writers and filmmakers should be doing everything in their power to stop it.’

By Bidhi Adhikari in Kathmandu. In GenZ terms, Arundhati Roy is a woman’s woman.

By Regina Johnson. Even in her absence, Roy’s work created a space for critical thinking. The conversation illustrated the book club’s goal of using global literature as a bridge between cultures and struggles.

By Huneza Khan. And yet, Arundhati Roy allows a sliver of something softer. Tenderness flickers beneath anger and unguarded defiance. Butterflies stirred inside me.

By Kumudini Pati. 'Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s most remarkable novels were written against the backdrop of the most turbulent times in Latin America. American literature flourished during the great depression. In Russia, the best literature came out during oppressive regimes.

By Beena Vijayalakshmy. A heartbreakingly beautiful, brutally honest book that unsettles as much as it moves. Arundhati Roy remains a masterful storyteller.

“Heart-smashed” by her mother’s death, Arundhati Roy began writing the memoir to process her grief and understand her complicated feelings...