Arundhati Roy
Literature to protect love from the rampant sweep of ethno-fascism
There are many "amazing" parallels between India and SA’s history, and their current "oppressive" structures, says award-winning writer Arundhati Roy. In India, she is best known for her essays about economic justice, warmongering, the environment, and much more. They are translated into many languages and distributed widely. Penguin India has collected her essays into a five-volume set. In the rest of the world she is adored by millions of readers of her fiction. She made them wait for 20 years after The God of Small Things was published to international acclaim before she produced her second novel. Roy, who lives in Delhi, has faced criminal charges of sedition following her call for Kashmir’s independence and been imprisoned for her advocacy. She is in SA to promote The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, a searing fictional examination of the rise of Hindu nationalism in India, seen through the eyes of people cast out of the caste system. A parallel narrative about Kashmir’s struggle ...
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