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Approaching Gridlock: Arundhati Roy on Free Speech and Failing Democracy

Approaching Gridlock: Arundhati Roy on Free Speech and Failing Democracy

“There can be no fiction without appropriation. Because we fiction writers are predators too.”

By Arundhati Roy | March 24, 2023

Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History

Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History

“Our hopes have been cauterized, our imaginations infected.”

By Arundhati Roy | April 21, 2022

Arundhati Roy on Indian Suffering Amid the World's Most Repressive Lockdown

Arundhati Roy on Indian Suffering Amid the World's Most Repressive Lockdown

Narendra Modi is Treating His Citizens Like Hostile Occupying Forces

By Arundhati Roy | September 1, 2020

The Graveyard Talks Back: <br>Arundhati Roy on Fiction in the Time of Fake News

The Graveyard Talks Back:
Arundhati Roy on Fiction in the Time of Fake News

What is the Role of the Writer in a Time of Rising Nationalism?

By Arundhati Roy | February 12, 2020

What is the Morally Appropriate Language in Which to Think and Write?

What is the Morally Appropriate Language in Which to Think and Write?

Arundhati Roy on the Complex, Shifting Politics of Language and Translation in India

By Arundhati Roy | July 25, 2018

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