In California, there are huge problems because of dams. I'm against big dams, per se, because I think that they are economically unfeasible. They're ecologically unsustainable. And they're hugely undemocratic. Arundhati Roy bigcaliforniadam share on social
I could have lived anywhere in the world now if I wanted to. Arundhati Roy livewantworld Change image and share on social
I think many people were surprised by the victory of the Congress, because it was really hard to see beyond the sort of haze of hatred that the Hindu nationalists had been spreading. Arundhati Roy congresshardhatred Change image and share on social
I have truly known what it means for a writer to feel loved. Arundhati Roy feellovemean Change image and share on social
I am a Maoist sympathiser. I'm not a Maoist ideologue, because the communist movements in history have been just as destructive as capitalism. Arundhati Roy capitalismcommunistdestructive Change image and share on social
I'm living to the edges of my fingernails, using everything I have. It's impossible for me to look at things politically or in any way as a project, to further my career. You're injected directly into the blood of the places in which you're living and what's going on there. Arundhati Roy bloodcareerdirectly share on social
Novels are such mysterious and amorphous and tender things. Arundhati Roy amorphousmysteriousnovel Change image and share on social
Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has been hollowed out, and it has been returned to us as a vehicle for the free market, of the corporations. For the corporations, by the corporations. Arundhati Roy backcorporationdemocracy share on social
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. Arundhati Roy beheadcommercialheart Change image and share on social
Everybody can't have the life of a normal, average American person in India - they can't. So, it's about egalitarianism. It's about sharing things more equally. It's about access to natural resources. Arundhati Roy accessamericanaverage Change image and share on social