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Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah Join Appeal Urging Sonam Wangchuk to End Hunger Strike

Support for Sonam Wangchuk's ongoing protest continues to grow, with a fresh group of prominent public figures urging the educator and climate activist to end his indefinite hunger strike while reaffirming their support for the movement's demands.

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Arundhati Roy, Naseeruddin Shah & other eminent persons urge CJP protesters to end hunger strike

Eminent citizens urged protesters on hunger strike to end their fast. They expressed deep concern over the protesters' worsening health conditions. The group extended full support for the demand of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. The appeal came on the 24th day of the Cockroach Janta Party's protest. A…

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Your summer reading list: five of the best non-fiction reads of 2026 so far, according to our experts

The best summer companion is a good book. This year has already given us some truly brilliant ones, making it really hard to whittle down the best. These five non-fiction reads will also transport you all over the world – from 1960s India and Afghanistan to Ancient Greece and Hitler’s…

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Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy – an uncompromising memoir told through a difficult parent-child relationship

In Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy marks the passing of her late mother by fathoming her on the page for the first time. “I wrote versions of her in my books”, Roy explains, “but I never wrote her.”

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Heartbreaking historical tales, unsettling scenes and shortlisted non-fiction – what to read, watch and see this week

This curation of The Conversation UK’s arts and culture coverage was first published in our fortnightly newsletter, Something Good.

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Women’s prize for non-fiction: powerful biographies, moving histories and creative approaches to health – six experts review the shortlist

The Women’s prize for non-fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in narrative non-fiction written by women. This prize acknowledges that while great gains have been made in representation for women in fiction, their voices remain systemically underrepresented in non-fiction.

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in March

John Lanchester, Patmeena Sabit and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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US book critics honor Nobel laureate and South Korean novelist Han Kang

The National Book Critics Circle honored a novel by Nobel laureate Han Kang and Karen Hao’s examination of artificial intelligence and OpenAI at its annual awards on Thursday

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Books by Lyse Doucet and Arundhati Roy make shortlist for Women's Prize for Nonfiction

Two books about hotels in wartime are among finalists for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction

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Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction: Arundhati Roy’s memoir among six shortlisted books

Award was created in 2023 to help redress the historic gender imbalance in non-fiction prizes

The Independent UK

Arundhati Roy and Lyse Doucet lead ‘exceptional’ Women’s prize for nonfiction shortlist

Roy’s memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me and Doucet’s The Finest Hotel in Kabul are joined by books on exile by Ece Temelkuran and Judith Mackrell and an ode to the arts by Daisy Fancourt

The Guardian - UK

What were you reading in the 90s? 5 literary experts go back in time

What were you like in the 90s? This question is a social media trend right now, with achingly nostalgic slideshows of old photos, set to music.

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Order, order! Why you won’t be reading about judicial corruption until 2036

The recent judicial orders in the contempt case initiated by the Supreme Court over a chapter in a textbook published by NCERT discussing judicial corruption are going to set back the conversation on judicial reforms by a decade, if not more. To discuss the contents of the chapter is an…

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'Shocked and disgusted': Explaining the controversy at the heart of this year’s Berlin Film Festival

This year’s Berlinale has been rocked by huge backlash over the sidelining of political discourse. Now, in an open letter, more than 80 prominent film figures have condemned the Berlin Film Festival’s “silence” on Gaza. Here's everything you need to know.

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Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton sign ‘dismayed’ letter slamming Berlin film festival’s ‘silence’ on Gaza

Festival caught in controversy after jury president Wim Wenders says filmmakers ‘have to stay out of politics’

The Guardian - UK

Berlin film festival defends Wim Wenders after Arundhati Roy attacked ‘jaw-dropping’ comments

Berlinale head says artists should not be pushed into soundbites after author quit over president’s remarks that film-makers should ‘stay out of politics’

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Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival after jury chief’s ‘unconscionable’ Gaza remarks

Booker winner says jury’s argument that art shouldn’t be political is ‘jaw-dropping’

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Arundhati Roy is right, not Wim Wenders – here are eight films that have changed politics

From ‘honour’ killings to nuclear war, some screen works have led directly legislative action – despite what jury head Wenders suggested at the Berlin film festival

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Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment

Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical

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Arundhati Roy and Sarah Perry among 16 authors longlisted for Women’s Non-Fiction Prize

Literary award was founded in 2023 to help redress the historic gender imbalance in nonfiction prizes

The Guardian - UK

Arundhati Roy and Sarah Perry longlisted for Women’s prize for nonfiction

Sixteen authors – including Lea Ypi, Lyse Doucet and Barbara Demick – are in contention for the £30,000 award, launched to address a historic gender imbalance in nonfiction prizes

The Independent UK

Han Kang, Angela Flournoy, Arundhati Roy nominated for National Book Critics Circle awards

Novels by Nobel laureate Han Kang and Angela Flournoy, along with a memoir by Arundhati Roy, are finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards

The Guardian - UK

‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone

Colm Tóibín, Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak, Michael Rosen and more share the novels, poetry and memoirs that make the perfect gift

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: Arundhati Roy

As Foyles names her memoir its book of the year, here’s a guide to the Booker prize winner’s wide-ranging oeuvre of fiction and nonfiction

The Conversation

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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