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In her memoir, Arundhati Roy does not sentimentalise her mother or absolve herself.

Arundhati Roy makes 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist

March 26, 2026 5:04 pm

Arundhati Roy's Mother Mary Comes to Me joins five other titles on the shortlist

Arundhati Roy has been outspoken against nuclear weapons, the conflict in Kashmir, and corporate land acquisition.

'I stand with Iran', says Arundhati Roy calls Indian govt 'spineless and gutless'

March 26, 2026 5:15 pm

Arundhati Roy drew a direct line from Gaza to Tehran, accusing the US and Israel of "carpet bombing cities" while lambasting the Modi government for "groveling" to foreign powers and abandoning India's historical dignity.

Arundhati Roy skips Berlinale over jury president Wim Wenders' comments.

Arundhati Roy boycotts Berlinale despite premiere of her film's 4K premiere: Decoding the uproar caused by festival's 'films are apolitical' stance

February 19, 2026 6:35 am

Berlinale jury president Wim Wenders maintaining an "apolitical" stance over a question about the Gaza genocide irked Indian author Arundhati Roy, Hollywood actors Mark Ruffalo and Tilda Swinton, and Indian screenwriter Varun Grover among many others.

'Mother Mary Comes to Me': In Arundhati Roy’s memoir, the family is the first State

February 17, 2026 8:54 pm

Reducing Arundhati Roy's memoir to a daughter's impressions of her mother is to discount the Booker-winning author's activism

book covers of the books shortlisted for the NBCC Awards, Arundhati Roy

Indian authors Arundhati Roy, Banu Mushtaq shortlisted for National Book Critics Circle NBCC Awards

February 02, 2026 4:56 pm

The National Book Critics Circle Awards 2025 finalists have been announced, featuring 42 outstanding works in eight categories.

In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, Arundhati Roy, Shah Rukh Khan, Pradip Krishen,

37 years after its TV screening, Arundhati Roy debut film to premiere at Berlin fest

January 15, 2026 10:54 pm

The restored version of 'In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones' will premiere under Berlinale Classics section.

Secret Santa celebrations light up Pune offices, with employees exchanging thoughtful gifts and breaking workplace hierarchies ahead of Christmas.

Secret Santas, take note: 7 books that will actually get read

December 18, 2025 5:55 pm

This curated list of books, ranging from witty office rebellions to breathtaking memoirs, guarantees you will pick the perfect gift for every reader.

Supreme Court dismisses PIL against Arundhati Roy's book cover showing her smoking

December 18, 2025 5:55 pm

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi upheld the High Court’s view that the image does not violate the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2013.

The court said the petition was filed for publicity, not legal grounds.

PIL filed to cast aspersions on Arundhati Roy: Kerala HC on petition to bar sale of her book

October 13, 2025 4:34 pm

The Kerala High Court rejected a public interest petition seeking to ban Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me for depicting smoking on its cover, citing misuse of PIL.

Does the cover of Arundhati Roy’s latest book violate any law?

September 20, 2025 2:25 pm

The COTPA prohibits the advertisement of tobacco products, and regulates their sale. Does the cover of Arundhati Roy’s latest book, in which she is smoking a beedi, violate this law?

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Happy birthday, Arundhati Roy: 15 memorable quotes from her novels

November 24, 2017 2:58 pm

Over the years Arundhati Roy donned several hats,speaking and writing about socially relevant issues yet we cannot help but hang on her every word. Roy, as a novelist, weaves magic. On her birthday we bring to you 15 of her most heartbreaking quotes.

20 quotes from Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things that will make you crave for her next book

June 04, 2017 5:56 pm

Arundhati Roy's words are like magic and it is no fault of ours that we are impatiently waiting for her next non-fiction novel - The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.