Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Arundhati Roy call for boycott of Israeli cultural institutions
Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024
September 2024
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
June 2024
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
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
The hounding of Arundhati Roy shows there’s still no room for dissent in India
Salil Tripathi
India: author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted over 2010 Kashmir remarks
Book of the day
The Architecture of Modern Empire by Arundhati Roy review – two decades of fire
October 2023
Arundhati Roy is being hounded by the Indian state. This is a test case for its democracy
Meena Kandasamy
Author Arundhati Roy may face prosecution in India over 2010 speech
July 2022
Top 10s
Top 10 books about twins
Writers from William Shakespeare to Angela Carter and George RR Martin have been been inspired by the doubled lives of these familial pairs
March 2022
Top 10s
Top 10 mirrored lives in fiction
From Oscar Wilde to Daisy Johnson, parallel lives – and what they say about choices and circumstance – have long been a source of fascination and inspiration for novelists
May 2021
Indian authors speak out over plan to reissue Narendra Modi exam book
Pankaj Mishra and Arundhati Roy attack Penguin Random House India for putting out book by a prime minister they say has mishandled Covid and persecuted writers
October 2020
Book of the day
Azadi by Arundhati Roy review – at her passionate best
The author tackles Kashmir, Hindu nationalism and the dangers of being outspoken in this startling collection of essays
June 2020
10 of the best books set in India – that will take you there
Tired of narratives that obsess over spices, colours and cows on the road? These books, all by Indian writers, paint realistic pictures of the country’s geographical, cultural and political landscapes
August 2019
Books that made me
Chigozie Obioma: ‘I would rush to the library in my lunch break to read the Odyssey’
The Booker prize nominated novelist on the King James Bible and finding comfort in books about birds
June 2019
Observer book of the week
My Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy review – powerful, damning essays
The Booker-winning Indian author casts an exacting eye over inequality, gender politics and imperialism
May 2019
Arundhati Roy: 'I don't want to become an interpreter of the east to the west'
After The God of Small Things made her a global star, the novelist turned to political writing and activism. Gary Younge finds out why
February 2019
Atwood and Roy back call to include women in Afghan peace talks
Writers and activists back claims female voices are being ignored in strife-torn country
November 2018
Amid arrests and killings, Bangladesh and India must fight censorship
Arundhati Roy
On PEN International’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer, the Indian novelist addresses photographer Shahidul Alam, charged with criticising Bangladesh on Facebook
