Jan 29, 2024
Arundhati Roy is an author who needs little introduction, at least in progressive Indian literature circles anyway. Time and again, the Booker Prize-winning writer has articulated complex ideas and societal critiques with such simplicity that her words have been translated into multiple languages. Here are five of Roy’s most-cited quotes that resonate across borders.
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The world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with power.
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'Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. Maybe many of us won't be here to greet her, but on a quiet day, if I listen very carefully, I can hear her breathing.' - Arundhati Roy, War Talk
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I think one of the saddest things that's happening to literature is that it's getting over-simplified by this diet of simple political ideas.
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Years of imprisoning and beheading writers never succeeded in shutting them out. However, placing them in the heart of a market and rewarding them with a lot of commercial success, has.
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