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Arundhati Roy: Stan Swamy’s murder is a microcosm of the not-so-slow murder of Indian democracy
‘We are ruled by fiends. They have put a curse upon this land.’
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Arundhati Roy: We need a government
An appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Please step aside.
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Arundhati Roy: Our battle for love must be militantly waged – and beautifully won
The text of Arundhati Roy’s speech at the Elgar Parishad 2021 on January 30.
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‘You get one life, you enjoy it responsibly, then you die’: A cancer patient’s farewell essay
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Bad loans of Rs 10 lakh crore been written off as ‘muft ki revdi’: Varun Gandhi’s dig at Modi
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Madras High Court ruled that a temple was a Buddhist site. How will this impact mosque-temple cases?
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‘The Great Weddings of Munnes’ review: Knot happening
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Arundhati Roy: Two conspiracies and a cremation
Let’s keep voting for the people who are leading us into penury and war, tearing us apart limb from limb.
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Arundhati Roy: The court can gain respect only through its judgements, not through the contempt law
Full text of the writer’s statement to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club on September 3.
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‘This injustice will not go on forever’: Arundhati Roy writes to her jailed friend GN Saibaba
‘As Covid lays siege to prison after prison, including yours, they know, that given your condition, a life sentence could so easily become a death sentence.’
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Video
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Watch: Dramatic monsoon clouds in the sky over Mumbai’s Marine Drive
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Watch: Massive fire breaks out as lightning strikes Cuban oil facility in Matanzas
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‘At least spare the ice cream’: Video of tandoori choco bar irks foodies
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Watch: This is the plight of commuters on National Highway 37 in Assam
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Watch: Group of men caught on camera beating up head constable at a Delhi police station
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Arundhati Roy: Enough of the cheap theatrics. We need brains. We need heart. We need accountability
We can’t all collectively pretend that everything that has happened is completely unforeseen, as this excerpt from ‘Broken Republic’ in 2011 demonstrates.
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Arundhati Roy on Delhi violence: ‘This is our version of the coronavirus. We are sick’
The author addressed a gathering at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Sunday.
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‘So, is there life after democracy?’ Arundhati Roy was asking the question back in 2009
‘My Seditious Heart’ brings together all of Roy’s non-fiction writing over two decades in a single volume.
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The Reel
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Start the week with a film: ‘Confidentially Yours’ is a delightful goodbye to cinema
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‘The Great Weddings of Munnes’ review: Knot happening
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‘Victim – Who is Next?’ review: The films by Pa Ranjith and Chimbudevan stand out
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‘Crash Course’ review: More of the same about Kota’s competitive coaching class culture
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‘Darlings’ review: A dark comedy with sparkling performances
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‘India is fighting for her soul’: Arundhati Roy on fascism, Modi and being a writer in today’s world
‘In this blitzkrieg of idiocy, fascist marches, fake-news coups, and what looks like a race toward extinction – what is the place of literature?’
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May 15, 1936: Ambedkar published ‘Annihilation of Caste’. What was his conflict with Gandhi?
An excerpt from Arundhati Roy’s introduction to a recent edition of ‘The Annihilation of Caste’, now published as ‘The Doctor and the Saint’.
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‘An illness is upon us’: Arundhati Roy on activist Anand Teltumbde’s impending arrest
‘His impending arrest cannot but be seen as a political act. It will be a shameful and shocking moment in our history.’
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The Field
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CWG 2022, Boxing: Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghangas, Amit Panghal clinch gold with dominating performances
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CWG 2022, Athletics: Eldhose, Aboobacker win triple jump gold and silver, Annu wins javelin bronze
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Watch: CWG 2022 – Smriti Mandhana scores fiery 61 in SF, fastest in the format by Indian woman
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CWG 2022, Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat receives a ‘confidence boost’, Ravi Kumar wins a ‘special’ gold
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