Ammu's character in the novel reminds some readers of Mary Roy. I do not agree with you. Ammu is a central character in the novel. Ammu may have some similarities to me, but she is not Mary Roy. Ammu ...

“Perhaps even more than a daughter mourning the passing of her mother, I mourn her as a writer who has just lost her most enthralling subject.” Roy has become one of the most fearless voices for ...

Ever since Arundhati Roy's writing made her famous after her first novel won her the Booker Prize nearly 30 years ago, she's used her words and her celebrity to write on injustice, minority rights and ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with acclaimed author Arundhati Roy about her new book "Mother Mary Comes to Me," her first major work of autobiography. Ever since Arundhati Roy's writing made her famous ...

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