I thank the Charles Veillon Foundation for honoring me with the 2023 European Essay Award. It may not be immediately apparent how…

Arundhati Roy
We are currently in that dangerous place where there is no set of facts or histories that we can agree upon, or even argue with
Two years on, what’s changed and what hasn’t in the US, India, and globally in a world that often seems to be teetering on the brink
It’s hard to convey the full depth and range of the trauma, the chaos and the indignity that people are being subjected to in India. Meanwhile, Modi and his allies are telling us not to complain
Interview on India, nationalism, literature and politics
Interview on the pandemic, U.S. militarism and the state of journalism
While India’s rulers downplay the brutal murder of a Dalit teenager by an upper-caste gang and acquit Hindu nationalists guilty of historic crimes, Arundhati Roy argues, they are concocting another show trial of Muslims and progressive activists to intimidate dissenters
Interview on the government’s “disastrous” response
There is nothing more liberating, more exhilarating than striving for justice, for dignity and respect—for everybody
Covid-19 and the “super-surveillance” state