Arundhati Roy

An edited version of this conversation is now available as part of our collaboration with The Yale Review . Read it here: https://yalereview.org/article/shakespeare-and-company-interview-arundhati-roy Recorded live at Shakespeare and Company, Paris, Adam Biles sits down with Arundhati Roy to discuss her memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me . Roy reflects on writing a “novelist’s memoir,” where memory and imagination blur, and explores her complex relationship with her mother, Mary Roy. The conversation moves from Roy’s unconventional childhood in Kerala to her formative years in architecture, activism, and the aftermath of The God of Small Things . She discusses resisting literary celebrity, embracing political responsibility, and finding strength in chosen families and friendship networks. With candour and wit, Roy rejects reductive “therapy narratives,” instead offering a portrait of identity shaped by contradiction, resilience, and love. Buy Mother Mary Comes to Me: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/mother-mary-comes-to-me Arundhati Roy is the author of the novels The God of Small Things , which won the Booker Prize in 1997, and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2017. She is the author of various works of non-fiction including My Seditious Heart, Azadi and The Architecture of Modern Empire . Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company, Paris Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Littérature étrangère de Gorian Delpâture : « Mon refuge et mon orage » de Arundhati Roy (Gallimard). « Mon refuge et mon orage » est une invitation à retrouver toute la puissance romanesque de la grande autrice indienne du Dieu des Petits Riens. Dans ce récit littéraire d’une infinie beauté, Arundhati Roy revient sur son passé : une enfance chaotique dans le sud de l’Inde, son émancipation précoce, le goût de l’écriture, la fulgurance du succès international avec le Booker Prize en 1997, puis la découverte que sa plume peut devenir une arme pour déjouer les injustices et la violence du gouvernement indien. Au fil des chapitres, c’est aussi le portrait de sa mère, Mary Roy, qui prend forme. Une grande âme, généreuse et adulée dans sa région pour y avoir bâti une école, mais qui dans l’intimité s’avérait une mère impitoyable et maltraitante. Toute sa vie durant, elle aura été pour sa fille à la fois son refuge et son orage. Dans ce livre magnifique au style luxuriant, Arundhati Roy nous ouvre les portes de sa vie hors norme et haletante, mêlée à celle d’une figure maternelle redoutable mais qui lui a transmis le goût de la liberté, et la nécessité d’écrire. Merci pour votre écoute Entrez sans Frapper c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 16h à 17h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez l'ensemble des épisodes et les émission en version intégrale (avec la musique donc) de Entrez sans Frapper sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/8521 Abonnez-vous également à la partie " Bagarre dans la discothèque " en suivant ce lien: https://audmns.com/HSfAmLD Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement. Vous pourriez également apprécier ces autres podcasts issus de notre large catalogue: Le voyage du Stradivarius Feuermann : https://audmns.com/rxPHqEE Noir Jaune Rouge - Belgian Crime Story : https://feeds.audiomeans.fr/feed/6e3f3e0e-6d9e-4da7-99d5-f8c0833912c5.xml Les Petits Papiers : https://audmns.com/tHQpfAm Des rencontres inspirantes avec des artistes de tous horizons. Galaxie BD : https://audmns.com/nyJXESu Notre podcast hebdomadaire autour du 9ème art. Nom: Van Hamme, Profession: Scénariste : https://audmns.com/ZAoAJZF Notre série à propos du créateur de XII et Thorgal. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https

Mon refuge et mon orage est le titre du nouveau livre de l’écrivaine indienne Arundhati Roy, publié aux éditons Gallimard dans une traduction d’Irène Margit. « Mon refuge et mon orage » est aussi la manière dont l’essayiste, activiste et romancière célèbre depuis la parution du Dieu des petits riens, décrit celle qui l’a mise au monde dans ce récit qui est à la fois une autobiographie et une autobiographie de sa mère, pour paraphraser le titre du fameux livre de Jamaica Kincaid. Tout à la fois portrait de « Mrs Roy » ainsi qu’elle a toujours appelé sa mère, portrait d’une écrivaine et portrait d’un pays engagé sur les routes de la fascisation, le récit d’Arundhati Roy nous emmène du Kerala où elle a grandi, à Delhi où elle vit en passant par la vallée de la Narmada où elle a accompagné les luttes contre les grands barrages, les forêts profondes où l’on trouve encore des guérilleros maoïstes dans la région de Raipur ou encore le Cachemire à propos duquel elle écrit qu’après l’avoir découvert « vous ne pouvez pas retourner aux anciennes conversations, aux vieilles blagues, aux plaisirs inoffensifs. L’innocence amorale délibérée, cultivée, de la plupart des Indiens quant à ce qui s’y passe et ce qui est commis en leur nom là-bas devient difficile à supporter. » Arundhati Roy propose ici un livre dont elle dit que « comparé aux textes de politiques, ou de fiction, le récit qui vient m’a été particulièrement difficile à écrire. » Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Cunoscuta scriitoare și activistă indiană Arundhati Roy a publicat în 2025 volumul de memorii „Mother Mary Comes to Me”. Cartea apare deja și în limba română, în traducerea Alexandrei Coliban, la Humanitas Fiction, cu titlul „Refugiul meu, furtuna mea”. În centrul poveștii este figura formidabilă a mamei lui Arundhati Roy, Mary Roy, profesoară celebră în India, fondatoarea unei școli, renumită și pentru că a cîștigat drepturi la moștenire egală pentru femeile creștine din Kerala. Dar și o figură întunecată – pentru fiica ei a fost „teroare și minune deopotrivă”, personajul cel mai fascinant al literaturii pe care a ajuns să o scrie. Nu doar un refugiu, ci și o furtună. „Cînd am crescut, o scotea din pepeni simpla mea existență” spune Arundhati Roy. Dar cu elevii săi se purta exemplar iar ei o adorau. „De multe ori mi-am dorit să-i fi fost elevă, nu fiică”, mărturisește autoarea. În ciuda episoadelor traumatice pe care le relatează, a tensiunilor și violențelor din lumea descrisă, cartea are mult umor. Arundhati Roy este ironică adesea – cu teribila ei mamă, cu fratele ei, cu rudele, cu ea însăși. Am vorbit cu traducătoarea cărții, Alexandra Coliban, despre „Refugiul meu, furtuna mea”, despre titlul original și cel din limba română, despre personalitatea formidabilă a lui Mary Roy precum și despre personalitatea fascinantă a scriitoarei înseși, despre India post-colonială, căreia autoarea îi face un portret complex. Din opera lui Arundhati Roy au mai apărut în limba română romanele sale, „Dumnezeul lucrurilor mărunte” (trad. Luana Stoica), pentru care a primit Booker Prize, și „Ministerul fericirii supreme” (trad. Alexandra Coliban), ambele la Editura Humanitas Fiction. Cum se raportează Arundhati Roy la mama ei, la această femeie teribilă, Mary Roy? Alexandra Coliban : „O spune de mai multe ori pe parcursul cărții: pare că s-a format prin această relație cu mama, în foarte multe aspecte. Chiar și curajul de a se duce în junglă sau de a se alătura gherilelor naxalite, de a trăi alături de ei și a-și scrie partea cealaltă de literatură, cea militantă, eseurile, pare că acest curaj și asumarea ei vizavi de toate nedreptățile care se întîmplă în India contemporană vin din relația cu mama, care a fost o femeie extrem de curajoasă, dincolo de cum a fost ca mamă. Ca femeie ea a fost o inspirație atît pentru Arundhati, cît și pentru multe alte femei din generația sa. (...) Sînt o mulțime de cicatrici în cartea asta, chiar și fizice. Arundhati, cînd era mică, își plimba mîna peste cicatricea bunicii ei, care luase un vas de alamă în cap de la soțul ei. Imaginea asta evocă, de fapt, cît de multe cicatrici sufletești sînt acolo, cicatrici pe care femeile acestea le poartă, și cîtă durere, și cîtă fugă, și cîtă izolare au avut de îndurat în lumea asta exclusiv patriarhală.” Cum de are loc umorul în această poveste, cu atîtea umbre, cu atîta durere și violență? Alexandra Coliban : „E mult umor și în «Dumnezeu lucrurilor mărunte» și în celălalt roman al ei, «Ministerul fericirii supreme». Aici, în carte, mi se pare că umorul e un colac de salvare, ca de multe ori. Recurge la umor acolo unde n-ar putea decît să urle sau să devină la rîndul ei violentă.” Apasă PLAY pentru a asculta întreaga discuție! O emisiune de Adela Greceanu Un produs Radio România Cultural

Arundhati Roy (1961– ) Arundhati Roy is an Indian novelist, essayist, and political thinker whose work insists that beauty and moral clarity belong to the same sentence. Born in Shillong and raised in Kerala, she emerged onto the global literary stage with her debut novel The God of Small Things , which won the Booker Prize in 1997. Rather than following literary success with market-friendly sequels, Roy turned her attention toward essays confronting nationalism, empire, caste violence, environmental destruction, and the quiet brutalities of modern power. Her nonfiction has made her one of the most influential and controversial public intellectuals of her generation. Roy is a creator who refused separation between art and conscience, choosing witness over comfort, and clarity over safety, even as that choice narrowed her life. She stands as a reminder that creativity is not merely expression, but orientation: a lifelong practice of attention, courage, and refusal to look away. For More: The God of Small Things — Arundhati Roy The End of Imagination — Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy — Encyclopædia Britannica Want to go beyond listening about creators and become one? Consider joining The Creators Collective , the community Rainier started for people who want to make art that is alive, grounded, and aligned with their deepest convictions. Inside: live teachings, historical deep dives, creative prompts, and a shared refusal to numb out. Create yourself alive. Sign up here!

God of Small Things author Arundhati Roy on her monstrous mother and becoming a writer, Colum McCann dives into the digital age with Twist and Penobscot Indian Nation writer Morgan Talty on his story of family bonds, Fire Exit. Arundhati Roy is a giant of literature. She's published two novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The God of Small Things and is a prolific author of non-fiction, much of which confronts injustice in her home country of India. Her latest book is a memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me , which examines her complicated relationship with her mother, Mary Roy. Mary was a trailblazer in education and in fighting for equality for women but as a mum, she could be cruel and even violent. She died in 2022, and in the book, Arundhati Roy writes, "perhaps more than a daughter mourning the passing of her mother, I mourn her as a writer who has lost her most enthralling subject." In his latest book Twist , New York-based Irish writer Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin, Apeirogon) dives into the digital age, travelling deep under the ocean into a tangled world of ruptured fibrous connections, its human cost, and repair. Penobscot Indian Nation writer Morgan Talty' s Fire Exit is a story of family bonds that go beyond bloodlines. Charles is a white man who must not only confront his past but decide whether to reveal his identity to the daughter he watches from across the river that borders the Native American Reservation of the Penobscot people. A compassionate account of family, love and connections, it also explores the complications that may arise from truth-telling. Presenter: Claire Nichols Producer: Sarah L'Estrange Sound engineer: Carey Dell and David Le May Executive producer: Rhiannon Brown

Due to issues during the recording, the sound quality is somewhat lower than normal. In the recent memoir of Indian star author and activist Arundhati Roy, Mother Mary Comes to Me , we are given the raw and honest story of Roy’s life and childhood with a many faceted mother who was far from easy to live with. Arundhati Roy’s mother Mary took her two small children and left her alcoholic husband, brought her own family to court in order to abolish the discriminatory inheritance laws in her home state, and built a unique school that made her a beloved and almost mythical figure of her community and beyond. Towards Roy and her brother, however, she was volatile, sharp and cruel. Still, Roy insists that this forced her to see the world from different vantage point, turning her into the writer she is today. The memoir also depicts Roy’s own path, leaving home for a world of film, literature and activism, towards a backdrop of India’s growing Hindu nationalist movement, spearheaded by Modi. We witness Roy’s incessant fights against this movement, on behalf of the environment, of local communities and minorities. As in Roy’s earlier literature, Mother Mary Comes to Me shows us how the personal and political is intimately linked for all of us. Roy portrays her own path as well as those around her with both warmth and bite, in the precise, inventive, and deeply original language that has become one of her distinctive features. Arundhati Roy is the author of the Booker prize winning The God of Small Things , The Ministry of Utmost Happiness and a number of non-fiction books, including My Seditious Heart , Kashmir: The Case for Freedom og Walking with the Comrades . At the House of Literature, Roy was joined by poet and writer Athena Farrokhzad , for a conversation about her mother, her childhood, and becoming the writer and activist she is today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NB. På grunn av noen problemer med lydopptaket er kvaliteten tidvis noe lavere enn vanlig. I den indiske stjerneforfatteren og aktivisten Arundhati Roys ferske bok, Min havn og min storm (til norsk ved Kirsti Vogt), får vi en ærlig fortelling om Roys liv og om oppveksten med en mangefasettert morsfigur som var alt annet enn lett å leve med. Arundhati Roys mor Mary forlot sin alkoholiserte ektemann med to små barn, gikk til sak mot egen familie for å oppheve delstatens kjønnsdiskriminerende arvelov, og bygget opp en unik skole som gjorde henne til et folkekjært og nærmest mytisk menneske. Mot Roy og broren var moren derimot omskiftelig, brå og hard. Samtidig mener Roy selv at dette tvang henne til å se verden fra flere ståsteder, og gjorde henne til den forfatteren hun er i dag. Den nye boka skildrer Roys egen vei, vekk fra hjemmet og inn i en verden preget av film, litteratur og aktivisme. Parallelt med denne reisen får vi også framveksten av Indias hindunasjonalistiske parti med Modi i spissen, en bevegelse og et regime Roy stadig tar kamper mot, på vegne av naturen, lokalsamfunn og minoriteter. Som i Roys tidligere litteratur, viser Min havn og min storm hvordan det personlige og politiske er tett sammenvevd for hver og en av oss. Roy skildrer sin egen livsvei så vel som de rundt seg med brodd og varme, i det presise, sinnrike og dypt originale språket som har blitt hennes fremste kjennetegn. Arundhati Roy er forfatteren av den Bookerpris-vinnende Guden for små ting , Ministeriet for den høyeste lykke , samt en rekke sakprosabøker, inkludert My Seditious Heart , Kashmir: The Case for Freedom og Walking with the Comrades . På Litteraturhuset møtte Arundhati Roy poet og kritiker Athena Farrokhzad til samtale om moren, oppveksten, og hvordan hun ble forfatteren og aktivisten hun er. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Als Arundhati Roys Mutter Mary Roy im September 2022 stirbt, ist die Autorin „am Boden zerstört“, ihr „Herz gebrochen“. Und gleichzeitig wundert sie sich über die Heftigkeit ihrer Gefühle. Schließlich hatte sie ihre Mutter mit achtzehn verlassen, war regelrecht geflohen aus der konservativen, engen südindischen Kleinstadt – aber auch vor ihrer Mutter, die ebenso inspirierend wie toxisch sein konnte. Ich verließ meine Mutter nicht, weil ich sie nicht liebte, sondern um sie weiterhin lieben zu können. Wäre ich geblieben, wäre das unmöglich geworden. Quelle: Arundhati Roy – Meine Zuflucht und mein Sturm Eine Mutter – zwei Gesichter „Meine Zuflucht und mein Sturm“ heißt Arundhati Roys Memoir auf Deutsch – keine sentimentale Mutter-Tochter Geschichte, sondern das ehrliche Portrait einer extrem ambivalenten Beziehung. Mary Roy hat ihre Tochter geprägt, aber auch verletzt und gedemütigt – immer wieder. Sie war eine Naturgewalt. Sie verließ ihren trinkenden Mann, zog ihre Kinder alleine auf. Und gründete in Kerala eine bis heute renommierte Schule und kämpfte für die Rechte von Frauen in Indien. Ihr größter Sieg: Sie gewann einen Prozess vor dem obersten Gerichtshof, der syrisch-christlichen Frauen in Indien die gleichen Erbrechte wie Männern verschaffte – ein bahnbrechendes Urteil. Doch Arundhati Roy beschreibt schonungslos auch die Kehrseite dieser Stärke: Mary Roy war gleichzeitig eine Mutter, die zu ihren eigenen Kindern grausam sein konnte. Sie ließ die junge Arundhati allein am Straßenrand zurück, als Strafe, weil sie in einem Gespräch nicht brilliert hatte. Noch prägender ist die Erinnerung an die Gewalt gegen ihren älteren Bruder, als die Mutter einmal mit seinem Zeugnis unzufrieden war. Ich tat so, als würde ich schlafen in der Nacht, als sie meinen Bruder holte und ihn – den schlafwandelnden kleinen Jungen – in ihr Zimmer führte. Ich folgte ihnen leise und beobachtete durch das Schlüsselloch, wie sie ihn schlug, bis das dicke, hölzerne Lineal zerbrach. „Mein Sohn kommt nicht mit einem Zeugnis nach Hause, in dem „durchschnittlicher Schüler“ steht. Am Morgen nahm sie mich in den Arm und sagte: „Du hast ein ausgezeichnetes Zeugnis“. Ich schämte mich. Seit damals werden alle meine persönlichen Erfolge von einer unguten Vorahnung begleitet. Wenn auf mich angestoßen oder mir applaudiert wird, habe ich immer das Gefühl, dass jemand anderes, jemand, der still ist, im Zimmer nebenan geschlagen wird. Quelle: Arundhati Roy – Meine Zuflucht und mein Sturm Die Zerrissenheit steckt schon im Titel Diese Ambivalenz spiegelt sich auch im Titel. Der Originaltitel „Mother Mary Comes to Me“ zitiert zwar die berühmte Beatles-Zeile aus „Let It Be“, in der Paul McCartney über seine verstorbene Mutter singt, die ihm Trost spendet. Doch Roys Mutter ist keine reine Trösterin. Der deutsche Titel „Meine Zuflucht und mein Sturm“ fängt diese Zerrissenheit weitaus treffender ein. Und diese Zerrissenheit ist auch Leserinnen und Lesern von Roys Weltbestseller „Der Gott der kleinen Dinge“ vertraut. Dort war es Ammu, die alleinerziehende Mutter der Zwillinge, die zärtlich und hart zugleich sein konnte. Auch Ammu ist eine Mutter, die kämpft und rebelliert. In ihrem Memoir wird deutlich: Arundhati Roy hat zumindest einige Charakterzüge ihrer Mutter in ihrer Ammufigur literarisch verarbeitet. Und beide Bücher kreisen auch um die Frage, wie Liebe und Gewalt, Schutz und Zerstörung in derselben Person existieren können. Was mich betraf, so lehrte mich Mrs Roy zu denken und wütete dann gegen meine Gedanken. Sie lehrte mich, frei zu sein, und wütete gegen meine Freiheit. Sie lehrte mich zu schreiben und grollte der Autorin, zu der ich wurde. Quelle: Arundhati Roy – Meine Zuflucht und mein Sturm Vom Gott der kleinen Dinge zur Göttin der großen Wut Geschickt verbindet Arundhati Roy die Geschichte ihrer Mutter, ihre eigene Biografie un

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/974128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Mi refugio y mi tormenta[Spanish] - Mi refugio y mi tormenta Author: Arundhati Roy Narrator: Elsa Veiga Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 2, 2025 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: El esperado regreso de una autora 'superlativamente brillante' (The New York Review of Books). La premio Booker por El dios de las pequeñas cosas firma un poderoso memoir sobre su madre, un acontecimiento editorial mundial. «Una de las pensadoras más lúcidas y originales de nuestro tiempo». Naomi Klein «Una novelista de finísima sensibilidad. Arundhati Roy es una cazadora de historias de vida». Javier del Pino, Cadena SER Destrozada por la muerte de su madre y, al mismo tiempo, desconcertada y 'más que un poco avergonzada' por la intensidad de su reacción, Arundhati Roy comenzó a escribir estas memorias en un intento de comprender sus sentimientos hacia la madre de la que huyó a los dieciocho años, 'no porque no la amara, sino para poder seguir amándola'. Así empieza esta historia asombrosa, que Roy lleva 'escribiendo toda la vida', un texto radicalmente honesto, divertido y profundamente conmovedor. Con la amplitud, el alcance y la profundidad de novelas tan icónicas como El dios de las pequeñas cosas, este audiolibro es un canto a la libertad y un homenaje al amor espinoso, un último abrazo entre madre e hija. La crítica ha dicho: «Arundhati Roy tiene maneras suaves y voz dulce con las que expone opiniones contundentes». Javier Martín del Barrio, Babelia «Novelista de finísima sensibilidad. Es cazadora de historias de vida». Javier del Pino, Cadena SER «Su beligerancia evoca el activismo político de Saramago y las opiniones intempestivas de Handke». Rafael Narbona, El Cultural «La respeto profundamente. Gracias a ella hemos podido conocer realidades que de otro modo hubieran pasado realmente desapercibidas». Chantal Maillard «Sentida, poética, íntima, con generosas dosis de humor irónico La intensidad de la escritura de Roy lo mucho que le importa la gente te impele a concentrarte». The Daily Telegraph «Roy se suma a Dickens, Naipaul, García Márquez y Rushdie en su compasión constante, su magia a la hora de contar historias y su agudo ingenio». Booklist

"Laughter does not mean there's no grief . . . laughter means a deep understanding of something." Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy is a triumphant memoir chronicling Roy's journey to becoming an award-winning author. Arundhati joins us to talk about memory, language, family, imagination, humor and more with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy My Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy

God of Small Things author Arundhati Roy remembers her difficult mother and how she was shaped as a writer, and Mick Herron on the success of Slow Horses and his repellent but memorable creation, Jackson Lamb. Arundhati Roy is a giant of literature. She's published two novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The God of Small Things and is a prolific author of non-fiction, much of which confronts injustice in her home country of India. Her latest book is a memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me , which examines her complicated relationship with her mother, Mary Roy. Mary was a trailblazer in education and in fighting for equality for women but as a mum, she could be cruel and even violent. She died in 2022, and in the book, Arundhati Roy writes, "perhaps more than a daughter mourning the passing of her mother, I mourn her as a writer who has lost her most enthralling subject." British author Mick Herron says his popular Slough House series that began with Slow Horses in 2010 wasn't an immediate success. Although, now the Slough House universe about disgraced MI5 agents has grown with nine novels in the ongoing series and another seven associated standalone books and of course a wonderful TV series. The latest in the series Clown Town is about a missing book, and Jackson Lamb, the flatulent boss of these ragtag agents, is repellent as ever. But Mick Herron cautions not to read his books as an insight into the operations of MI5. VOTE NOW in ABC Radio National’s Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.