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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

Twenty experts on the book that got them through their 20s – part two

Your 20s can be an intense decade. In the words of Taylor Swift, those years are “happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time”. Many of us turn to literature to guide us through the highs and the lows of this formative time. We asked 20 of our academic…

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Best books of 2025: our experts share their picks

The end of the year means holiday celebrations, summer breaks … and for us, one important thing: best books lists. We asked 35 expert readers for their favourite picks, ranging from novelists to anthropologists, scientists to criminologists – and experts in politics, publishing and philosophy. The only rule? The book…

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How will we now remember Mary Roy?

I started writing this on September 1, after I devoured Arundhati Roy’s memoir. And then paused because I had to race to first write, then rewrite, an 8,000+-word profile of billionaire-podcaster-entrepreneur-investor Nikhil Kamath for Newslaundry and The News Minute. Once that was done and dusted, I mulled over whether I’d have anything different…

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Magical alchemy: Arundhati Roy’s compelling memoir illuminates a ‘restless, unruly’ life

“She was my shelter and my storm.” With these words in the opening pages of her memoir, Arundhati Roy unfurls a narrative of extraordinary filial bonds that renders trite those therapeutic memoirs of family dysfunction scattered across the publishing world.

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Books of the Month: What to read this September, from Arundhati Roy’s searing memoir to Ian McEwan’s sci-fi outing

BOOKS OF THE MONTH: Martin Chilton shares his September reading highlights

The Independent UK

Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roy review – brave and absorbing

In this remarkable memoir, the Booker-winning novelist looks back on her bittersweet relationship with her mercurial mother

The Guardian - UK

Five Great Reads: deadly reporting, Netflix algorithms and a bullish food critic

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan

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Kirkus Prize finalists include Angela Flournoy, Kiran Desai and Megha Majumdar

Novels by Angela Flournoy, Kiran Desai and Megha Majumdar, along with a memoir by Arundhati Roy, are finalists for the Kirkus Prize

The Independent UK

The fall's 10 most anticipated books, from Pynchon to (Priscilla) Presley

Fall is the time for publishers to release their most anticipated literary fiction, and this season will feature new books from Thomas Pynchon, Kiran Desai and Ian McEwan among others

The Independent UK

India bans books and police raid bookstores in crackdown on ‘false narrative’ in Kashmir

Authorities threaten people with prison time for selling or owning works by authors like Booker winner Arundhati Roy and historian Victoria Schofield

The Independent UK

Arundhati Roy works among dozens of books banned in Indian-administered Kashmir

Censorship order accuses books of promoting ‘false narrative and secessionism’ in disputed territory

The Guardian - UK

‘Insecure govt, can’t erase facts’: AG Noorani, Arundhati Roy’s books among 25 banned by J&K Home Dept

The Jammu and Kashmir Home Department has banned 25 books – authored by a mix of Indian and international academics, political commentators, and religious scholars – accusing them of “propagating false narratives and secessionism”.

Newslaundry

Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Arundhati Roy call for boycott of Israeli cultural institutions

The authors are among 1,000 books industry figures pledging not to work with any publishers, festivals or publications ‘complicit in violating Palestinian rights’

The Guardian - UK

Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024

Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who is still in jail in Egypt despite completing his five-year sentence, was selected by PEN Pinter winner Arundhati Roy

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Arundhati Roy to publish first memoir

Booker prize-winning author of The God of Small Things will reflect on her life and complex relationship with her late mother in ‘radically honest’ book

Newslaundry

Hema Committee: Arundhati Roy, Vrinda Grover write to CM Pinarayi to bring law to address key issues

Following the release of the Hema Committee report, which revealed the abysmal working conditions and rampant sexual harassment faced by women in the Malayalam film industry, prominent personalities from across the country have written to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan demanding a “360-degree approach” to fulfil the purpose of the committee.

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Indian author Arundhati Roy wins this year’s PEN Pinter Prize

Award comes two weeks after Indian officials allowed prosecution of Roy on terror charges over comments made 14 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Arundhati Roy wins PEN Pinter prize amid prosecution threat over Kashmir comments

The announcement comes two weeks after Indian officials granted permission to prosecute the writer over comments she made 14 years ago

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Open letter in India calls for withdrawal of go-ahead to prosecute Arundhati Roy

Over 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism law

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The hounding of Arundhati Roy shows there’s still no room for dissent in India

Some thought the BJP’s reduced majority after recent elections would humble it. Tell that to the Booker prize-winning author, says writer Salil Tripathi

France 24

Award-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy risks prosecution

Will India's democratic backsliding continue? Following recent elections which weakened Prime Minister Narendra Modi, FRANCE 24 discusses the latest foreign journalist forced to leave, as well as the prosecution of author Arundhati Roy, with author and professor Alpa Shah.

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Arundhati Roy ‘anti-terror’ charge part of a push to silence Modi’s critics

Narendra Modi recently won a third term as Indian prime minister after his BJP was party was returned to power, albeit as part of a minority government leading the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition. Having expected to win another majority from which to pursue his Hindu nationalist – or Hindutva…

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The prosecution of Arundhati Roy is business as usual for the Modi government – and bad news for freedom of expression in India

Earlier this month, Narendra Modi was elected India’s prime minister for the third consecutive time.

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India: author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted over 2010 Kashmir remarks

Official from ruling BJP party allows action against Booker winner under controversial anti-terrorism law

The Independent UK

Booker-winning author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted under anti-terror laws in India

Roy faces charges over a speech she gave about Kashmir in 2010

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