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
There can be nothing more humiliating for a writer of fiction to have to do than restate a case that has already been made. Arundhati Roy casefictionhumiliate 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'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is the real freedom, that I don't want anything. I don't want money or prizes. I want people to know that a war is going to be fought. Arundhati Roy ambitiousfightfreedom share on social
The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes. Arundhati Roy bankcallcommunal 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'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
When you say things like, 'We have to wipe out the Taliban,' what does that mean? The Taliban is not a fixed number of people. The Taliban is an ideology that has sprung out of a history that, you know, America created anyway. Arundhati Roy americacreatefix share on social
When I decided to write 'The God of Small Things', I had been working in cinema. It was almost a decision to downshift from there. I thought that 300 people would read it. But it created a platform of trust. Arundhati Roy cinemacreatedecide share on social
