Arundhati Roy: Between Controversy and Courage

Recalling the life of Mary Roy, mother of Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy

From winning a historic property rights case to creating one of Kerala’s most unconventional schools, Arundhati Roy’s mother lived on her own terms.

I write when it becomes harder to keep quiet: Arundhati Roy

As she sees it, her writings, scathing for some and straightforward for others, come from "a place of love and caring about something."

Arundhati Roy: Between Controversy and Courage

Arundhati Roy, renowned for her Booker Prize-winning novel and contentious political writings, offers insight into her life and relationships in a new memoir. 'Mother Mary Comes to Me' explores her complex bond with her mother and her journey as a fearless author and activist.

‘Mother Mary Comes To Me’: Arundhati Roy writes intimately of life with, and without, her mother

In this long-awaited memoir, Arundhati talks about how her mother ultimately becomes her ‘shelter and her storm’.

“I wasn’t brave. I did not have a choice,” says Arundhati Roy in an interview about her memoir

Arundhati Roy's memoir explores her complex relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, and the impact on her life.

Arundhati Roy: “I didn’t want my mother to destroy me, but I didn’t want to destroy her either”

Booker-winning author Arundhati Roy speaks to Vogue India about why ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’ is as much her late mother’s memoir as it is hers.