Watch the moment Arundhati Roy's 'The God of Small Things' is announced as the 1997 Booker Prize winner #TheBookerPrize #Books | The Booker Prizes

ARUNDHATI ROY in conversation with K. R. MEERA “In this regime, it’s an honour to have books banned” — Arundhati Roy When great minds meet, we witness the power of words. Arundhati Roy and K. R. Meera — two iconic voices in literature, discuss how the system forces us and shrinks us into set structures and the need to liberate ourselves as women. The dialogue analyses life, literature and politics, strictly adhering to one’s courage and developing a broader viewpoint about the experiences that s

After winning the The Man Booker Prize in 1997 for The God Of Small Things, readers may have wondered if they would ever see another novel from Arundhati Roy. Twenty years later, today sees the publication of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. But of course Roy has never stopped writing in the intervening years and in this exclusive interview she tells us more about the impact of the Man Booker Prize, what motivates her to write and why the caste system that dominates Indian culture is just one o

“The violence in India is terrifying,” says author Arundhati Roy. Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeCoYj7Cfdo | BBC Newsnight