New Releases by Arundhati Roy

A raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness that traces the complex relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, a fierce and formidable force who shaped Arundhati’s life both as a woman and a writer. Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy’s first work of memoir, is a soaring account, both intimate and inspirational, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her complex relationship to the extraordinary, singular mother she describes as “my shelter and my storm.” “Heart-smashed” by her mother Mary’s death in September 2022 yet puzzled and “more than a little ashamed” by the intensity of her response, Roy began to write, to make sense of her feelings about the mother she ran from at age eighteen, “not because I didn’t love her, but in order to be able to continue to love her.” And so begins this astonishing, sometimes disturbing, and surprisingly funny memoir of the author’s journey from her childhood in Kerala, India, where her single mother founded a school, to the writing of her prizewinning novels and essays, through today. With the scale, sweep, and depth of her novels, The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, and the passion, political clarity, and warmth of her essays, Mother Mary Comes to Me is an ode to freedom, a tribute to thorny love and savage grace—a memoir like no other.

Discours du Prix Européen de l''essai 2023 de la Fondation Charles Veillon suivi du discours d''introduction d''Antoine Gallimard

A revelatory and wide-ranging series of interviews with award-winning writer Arundhati Roy, touching on US empire, Indian nationalism, a writer’s work, and more. As a novelist, Arundhati Roy is known for her lush language and intricate structure. As a political essayist, her prose is searching and fierce. All of these qualities shine through in the interviews collected here by David Barsamian. This newly reissued and expanded edition, featuring interviews from 2001 to 2022 and a moving foreword by Naomi Klein, explores Roy’s evolving political thought and commitments across the tumultuous twenty-first entry. The Architecture of Modern Empire is a searing reckoning with the mechanics of power, in all its forms, and the role of imagination and creative expression in envisioning a radically different world.

»Mein aufrührerisches Herz« zeigt die dunkle Kehrseite Indiens und ist ein Plädoyer für Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit. Ihr Mut wird bewundert, ihre Unbeirrtheit gefürchtet: Seit ihrem Bestseller »Der Gott der kleine Dinge« tritt Arundhati Roy für ein gerechteres Indien ein, für Freiheit, die nicht nur für die Wenigen gilt. Sie scheut kein Risiko. Sie kämpft nicht nur mit der Feder, sondern auch auf der Straße: gegen die von Modi angezettelten Pogrome, gegen die Besetzung Kaschmirs, gegen Abholzung und den Bau von Staudämmen, die ganze Landschaften zerstören. »Mein aufrührerisches Herz« zeichnet nicht nur diese Reisen einer engagierten Schriftstellerin und couragierten Bürgerin nach, sondern schließt den Bogen zwischen ihren beiden bewunderten Romanen »Der Gott der kleinen Dinge« und »Das Ministerium des äußersten Glücks«: Ihr Engagement ist ihr Leben.

From the best-selling author of My Seditious Heart and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, a new and pressing dispatch from the heart of the crowd and the solitude of the writer''s desk.

IN THIS SERIES OF ELECTRIFYING ESSAYS, ARUNDHATI ROY CHALLENGES US TO REFLECT ON THE MEANING OF FREEDOM IN A WORLD OF GROWING AUTHORITARIANISM. THE ESSAYS INCLUDE MEDITATIONS ON LANGUAGE, PUBLIC AS WELL AS PRIVATE, AND ON THE ROLE OF FICTION AND ALTERNATIVE IMAGINATIONS IN THESE DISTURBING TIMES. THE PANDEMIC, ROY SAYS, IS A PORTAL BETWEEN ONE WORLD AND ANOTHER. FOR ALL THE ILLNESS AND DEVASTATION IT HAS LEFT IN ITS WAKE, IT IS AN INVITATION TO THE HUMAN RACE, AN OPPORTUNITY, TO IMAGINE ANOTHER WORLD. डोळ्यांत अंजन घालणाऱ्या या निबंधांमधून अरुंधती रॉय अधिकारशाही वृद्धिंगत होत असलेल्या या जगात स्वातंत्र्याचा अर्थ चाचपून पाहण्यासाठी आपल्याला उद्युक्त करतात. या निबंधांमध्ये सार्वजनिक तसेच खासगी भाषा आणि या अस्वस्थ कालखंडात फिक्शनसह इतर पर्यायी कल्पनांची नेमकी कोणती भूमिका असावी, याविषयीच्या चिंतनाचा समावेश आहे. रॉय म्हणतात, की ही जागतिक साथ म्हणजे दोन जगांच्या दरम्यान असलेले एक प्रवेशद्वार आहे. या साथीमुळे आरोग्याची आणि इतरही अपरिमित हानी झालेली असली, तरी तिने मनुष्यजातीला एक सुवर्णसंधी उपलब्ध करून दिली आहे. नव्या जगाची कल्पना करण्याचे आपल्या सगळ्यांना मिळालेले हे निमंत्रण आहे.

Inspired by Mao''s Little Red Book, the new Expanded Edition of The Proletarian''s Pocketbook comes full of quotes to inspire and teach the science of revolution to the oppressed and working people of the world, building a path towards liberation, socialism and justice. With teachings from more than 100 oppressed, colonized, exploited, successful and working revolutionaries from around our Earth, the Expanded Edition is bound to inspire the revolutionary spirit inside you and your comrades to educate, organize, and build the revolution! This new edition comes with even more quotes, more revolutionaries cited, a reading recommendation page, and a handful of posters and charts. All Power to the People, We''ve Got a World to Win! Full list of authors: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin Mumia Abu-Jamal Sundiata Acoli John Africa Samir Amin Kuwasi Balagoon James Baldwin Toni Cade Bambara Willie Baptist Amiri Baraka Maurice Bishop James and Grace Lee Boggs Bertolt Brecht Safiya Bukhari Amilcar Cabral Berta Caceres Fidel Castro Aimé Césaire Combahee River Collective Angela Davis Dialego Dimitrov DMX Frederick Douglass W.E.B. Du Bois Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Friedrich Engels Zhou Enlai Frantz Fanon Kiran Fatima Silvia Federici Les Feinberg Clara Fraser Paulo Freire Anuradha Ghandy Nikki Giovanni Antonio Gramsci Che Guevara Fred Hampton Kathleen Hanna Harry Haywood Ho Chi Min bell hooks Enver Hoxha Dolores Ibarruri Kim Il-Sung George Jackson Jonathan Jackson Marsha P. Johnson Claudia Jones Frida Kahlo Ghasson Kanafani Leila Khaled Martin Luther King, Jr. Alexandra Kollantai L.A. Research Group Vladimir Lenin Audre Lorde Rosa Luxemburg Nelson Mandela Mao Tse-Tung Manning Marable Sub Marcos José Mariátegui Carlos Marighella Bob Marley Karl Marx Charu Mazumdar Chico Mendes Evo Morales Toni Morrison Fred Moten Huey P. Newton Kwame Nkrumah Julius Nyerere Nyurba Lola Olufemi Michael Parenti Leonard Peltier Rashid The Red Nation Paul Robeson Walter Rodney Arundhati Roy J. Sakai Thomas Sankara Lucia Sánchez Saornil Bobby Seale Chief Seattle Assata Shakur Tupac Shakur Nina Simone Bhagat Singh Joseph Stalin Sukarno Doris Tijeriino Sèkou Tourè Kwame Ture Dhoruba Bin Wahad Harsha Walia Lilla Watson Malcolm X Xi Jinping Malala Yousafzai

Azadi signifie "liberté" en ourdou. Il s''agit, à l''origine, d''un cri de ralliement cachemiri contre le gouvernement indien qui a été repris par le peuple lui-même pour protester contre ses dirigeants. Dans ce recueil d''essais brûlants d''actualité, Arundhati Roy nous met au défi de réfléchir sur le sens de la liberté dans un monde où l''autoritarisme va croissant. À travers ces textes, et ces temps troublés, elle explore l''importance du langage, le rôle de la fiction et de l''imagination, ainsi que les répercussions de la crise sanitaire sur la société indienne. Pour Arundhati Roy, la pandémie que nous traversons fait figure de portail entre un monde et un autre. En dépit de la maladie et de la dévastation qu''elle produit dans son sillage, elle représente peut-être aussi une chance pour l''humanité d''inventer un monde différent.

आज़ादी—कश्मीर में आज़ादी के संघर्ष का नारा है, जिससे कश्मीरी उस चीज़ की मुख़ालफ़त करते हैं जिसे वे भारतीय क़ब्ज़े के रूप में देखते हैं। विडम्बना ही है कि यह भारत की सड़कों पर हिन्दू राष्ट्रवाद की परियोजना की मुख़ालफ़त करनेवाले लाखों अवाम का नारा भी बन गया। आज़ादी की इन दोनों पुकारों के बीच क्या है–क्या यह एक दरार है या एक पुल है? इस सवाल के जवाब पर ग़ौर करने का वक़्त अभी आया ही था कि सड़कें ख़ामोश हो गईं। सिर्फ़ भारत ही नहीं, पूरी दुनिया की सड़कें। कोविड–19 के साथ आई आज़ादी की एक और समझ, जो कहीं ख़ौफ़नाक थी। इसने मुल्कों के बीच सरहदों को बेमानी बना दिया, सारी की सारी आबादियों को क़ैद कर दिया और आधुनिक दुनिया को इस तरह ठहराव पर ला दिया जैसा कभी नहीं देखा गया था। रोमांचित कर देनेवाले इन लेखों में अरुंधति रॉय एक चुनौती देती हैं कि हम दुनिया में बढ़ती जा रही तानाशाही के दौर में आज़ादी के मायनों पर ग़ौर करें। इन लेखों में, हमारे बेचैन कर देनेवाले इस वक़्त में निजी और सार्वजनिक ज़ुबानों पर बात की गई है, बात की गई है क़िस्सागोई और नए सपनों की ज़रूरत की। रॉय के मुताबिक़, महामारी एक नई दुनिया की दहलीज़ है। जहाँ आज यह महामारी बीमारियाँ और तबाही लेकर आई है, वहीं यह एक नई क़िस्म की इंसानियत के लिए दावत भी है। यह एक मौक़ा है कि हम एक नई दुनिया का सपना देख सकें।

The chant of ''Azadi!'' - Urdu for ''Freedom''-is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what the Kashmiris see as the Indian Occupation. Ironically, it also became the chant of millions on the streets of India against the project of Hindu nationalism. Even as Arundhati Roy began to ask what lay between these two calls for freedom-a chasm or a bridge?-the streets fell silent. Not only in India but all over the world. Covid-19 brought with it another, more terrible, understanding of Azadi, making a nonsense of international borders, incarcerating whole populations, and bringing the modern world to a halt like nothing else ever could. In this series of electrifying essays, Arundhati Roy challenges us to reflect on the meaning of freedom in a world of growing authoritarianism. The essays include meditations on language, public as well as private, and on the role of fiction and alternative imaginations in these disturbing times. The pandemic, Roy says, is a portal between one world and another. For all the illness and devastation it has left in its wake, it is an invitation to the human race, an opportunity, to imagine another world.

Arundhati Roy welcomes readers and writers alike to reflect on the meaning of freedom in her latest collection of essays.

On October 7th 2001, US-led forces invaded Afghanistan, marking the start of George Bush and Tony Blair''s "War on Terror." Six years on, where have the policies of Bush and Blair left us? Bringing together some of the finest contemporary writers, this wide-ranging anthology, from reportage and "faction" to fiction, explores the impact of this "long war" throughout the world, from Palestine to Iraq, Abu Ghraib, the curtailment of civil liberties and manipulation of public opinion. Published in conjunction with Stop the War coalition and United for Peace and Justice, War With No End provides an urgent, necessary reflection on the causes and consequences of the ideological War on Terror.

On existential threat to Indian democracy by Hindu nationalism and challenges to reflect on the meaning of freedom in a world of growing authoritarianism.

Two decades of commentary by the New York Times–bestselling author: “An electrifying political essayist . . . uplifting . . . galvanizing.” —Booklist From the Booker Prize-winning author of such works as The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, My Seditious Heart collects nonfiction spanning over twenty years and chronicles a battle for justice, rights, and freedoms in an increasingly hostile world. Taken together, these essays are told in a voice of unique spirit, marked by compassion, clarity, and courage. Radical and superbly readable, they speak always in defense of the collective, of the individual, and of the land, in the face of the destructive logic of financial, social, religious, military, and governmental elites. “Her lucid and probing essays offer sharp insights on a range of matters, from crony capitalism and environmental depredation to the perils of nationalism and, in her most recent work, the insidiousness of the Hindu caste system. In an age of intellectual logrolling and mass-manufactured infotainment, she continues to offer bracing ways of seeing, thinking and feeling.” —Pankaj Mishra, Time Magazine Praise for Arundhati Roy: “Arundhati Roy combines her brilliant style as a novelist with her powerful commitment to social justice in producing these eloquent, penetrating essays.” —Howard Zinn “One of the most confident and original thinkers of our time.” —Naomi Klein “The scale of what Roy surveys is staggering. Her pointed indictment is devastating.” —The New York Times Book Review

IL LIBRO CHE RACCOGLIE VENT''ANNI DI LOTTE, DI IMPEGNO, DI SCRITTURA DELL''AUTRICE DI IL DIO DELLE PICCOLE COSE «Arundhati Roy è fra gli intellettuali più determinati e originali del nostro tempo.» Naomi Klein «Arundhati Roy è una scrittrice che non conosce la paura. E in questo libro – in cui si fa appello alla giustizia, alla testimonianza, a un’umanità autentica – si esprime al meglio.» Junot Diaz «La polemica di Arundhati Roy è importante e necessaria... dobbiamo esserle grati per il suo coraggio e il suo talento» Salma Rushdie «Arundhati Roy si domanda se le nostre democrazie, ormai avvizzite, siano ‘l’ultimo stadio della razza umana’ e spiega perché questo rischio sia da prendere molto sul serio» Noam Chomsky Il mio cuore sedizioso raccoglie vent’anni dell’opera di Arundhati Roy, un lungo periodo in cui la scrittrice ha scelto l’inchiesta, il saggio politico, la testimonianza personale, il resoconto narrativo, come mezzi per condurre le sue battaglie per la giustizia, i diritti e la libertà in un contesto che diventava sempre più ostile. Nell’insieme, il volume traccia una parabola che comincia dalla vittoria del Booker Prize con Il dio delle piccole cose per finire con l’ultimo romanzo, Il ministero della suprema felicità: un percorso di vita e di scrittura nel segno della compassione, della solidarietà e del coraggio. Incisiva e diretta, la voce dell’autrice si è sempre levata in difesa della collettività, dei popoli e delle loro terre, a dispetto della logica distruttiva delle potenti corporazioni finanziarie, sociali, religiose, militari e politiche. In costante dialogo con i temi e le ambientazioni dei suoi romanzi, dei quali hanno il fascino e la ricchezza espressiva, questi scritti documentano il viaggio di Arundhati Roy in India e nel mondo, a partire da La fine delle illusioni, che apre la raccolta, per arrivare a Il mio cuore sedizioso, che la conclude.

To best understand and address the inequality in India today, Arundhati Roy insists we must examine both the political development and influence of M.K. Gandhi and why B.R. Ambedkar''s brilliant challenge to his near-divine status was suppressed by India''s elite. In Roy''s analysis, we see that Ambedkar''s fight for justice was systematically sidelined in favor of policies that reinforced caste, resulting in the current nation of India: independent of British rule, globally powerful, and marked to this day by the caste system. This book situates Ambedkar''s arguments in their vital historical context-namely, as an extended public political debate with Mohandas Gandhi. ''For more than half a century-throughout his adult life-[Gandhi''s] pronouncements on the inherent qualities of black Africans, untouchables and the laboring classes remained consistently insulting,'' writes Roy. ''His refusal to allow working-class people and untouchables to create their own political organizations and elect their own representatives remained consistent too.'' In The Doctor and the Saint, Roy exposes some uncomfortable, controversial, and even surprising truths about the political thought and career of India''s most famous and most revered figure. In doing so she makes the case for why Ambedkar''s revolutionary intellectual achievements must be resurrected, not only in India but throughout the world.

वर्तमान भारत में असमानता को समझने और उससे निपटने के लिए, अरुंधति रॉय ज़ोर दे कर कहती हैं कि हमें राजनीतिक विकास और एम.के. गांधी का प्रभाव, दोनों का ही परीक्षण करना होगा। सोचना होगा कि क्यों बी.आर. आंबेडकर द्वारा गांधी की लगभग दैवीय छवि को दी गई प्रबुद्ध चुनौती को भारत के कुलीन वर्ग द्वारा दबा दिया गया। राय के विश्लेषण में, हम देखते हैं कि न्याय के लिए आंबेडकर की लड़ाई, जाति को सुदृढ़ करनेवाली नीतियों के पक्ष में, व्यवस्थित रूप से दरकिनार कर दी गई, जिसका परिणाम है वर्तमान भारतीय राष्ट्र जो आज ब्रिटिश शासन से स्वतंत्र है, विश्वस्तर पर शक्तिशाली है, लेकिन आज भी जो जाति व्यवस्था में आकंठ डूबा है।

Traducere de Luana Stoica Note de Luana Stoica și Adelina Patrichi Arundhati Roy este prima scriitoare indiană care a câștigat Booker Prize. Premiul i-a fost acordat pentru romanul de debut, Dumnezeul lucrurilor mărunte, care, prin amestecul de exotism, misticism și istorie indiană, prin erotismul intens inserat în peisajul unei societăți fracturate în caste și condiționate de prejudecăți religioase, prin intensitatea poetică a limbajului și inventivitatea explozivă a stilului, s-a bucurat imediat de succes. Sudul Indiei, 1969. Înarmați cu inocența invincibilă a copiilor, gemenii Rahel și Estha își trăiesc vârsta nevinovată la adăpostul unei familii pestrițe: frumoasa, dar singuratica lor mamă, care îl iubește noaptea pe bărbatul pe care copiii ei îl adoră ziua; bunica lor oarbă, care cânta la vioară; unchiul lor drag, chefliu, marxist radical, afemeiat; o mătușă antipatică, pe care o dezamăgire în dragoste a făcut-o să savureze toate nefericirile celor din jurul ei... Dar, când verișoara lor din Anglia împreună cu mama ei vin în vizită de Crăciun, gemenii află că lucrurile se pot schimba într-o clipă.

20 anys d’un debut excepcional. Premi Booker 1997. Aquesta es la història de tres generacions d’una familia de la regió de Kerala, al sud de l’Índia, que es dispersa per tot el món i es retroba a la terra natal. Una història que és moltes històries. La de la nena anglesa Sophie Mol, que es va ofegar en un riu i va marcar amb la seva mort accidental les vides de les persones implicades. La de dos bessons –Estha i Rahel–, que van viure vint-i-tres anys separats. La d’Ammu, la mare dels bessons, i els seus amors adúlters i furtius. La del germà d’Ammu, marxista educat a Oxford i divorciat d’una dona anglesa. La dels avis que de joves van cultivar l’entomologia i les passions prohibides. La història d’una família en uns temps convulsos en què tot pot canviar en un sol dia i en un país les essècies del qual semblen eternes. Aquesta apassionant saga familiar és un festí literari en què es barregen l’amor i la mort, les passions que trenquen tabús i els desitjos inassolibles, la lluita per la justícia i el dolor causat per la pèrdua de la innocència, el pes del passat i les arestes del present. Arundhati Roy ha estat comparada per aquesta novel·la prodigiosa, de la qual es compleixen vint anys, amb Gabriel García Márquez i Salman Rushdie.

Le Ministère du Bonheur Suprême nous emporte dans un voyage au long cours, des quartiers surpeuplés du Vieux Delhi vers la nouvelle métropole en plein essor et, au-delà, vers la Vallée du Cachemire et les forêts de l''Inde centrale, où guerre et paix sont interchangeables et où, de temps à autre, le retour à "l''ordre" est déclaré. Anjum, qui fut d''abord Aftab, déroule un tapis élimé dans un cimetière de la ville dont elle a fait son foyer. Un bébé apparaît soudain un peu après minuit sur un trottoir, couché dans un berceau de détritus. L''énigmatique S. Tilottama est une absence autant qu''une présence dans la vie des trois hommes qui l''aiment. Cette histoire d''amour poignante et irréductible se raconte dans un murmure, dans un cri, dans les larmes et, parfois, dans un rire. Ses héros sont des êtres brisés par le monde dans lequel ils vivent, puis sauvés, réparés par l''amour et l''espoir. Aussi inflexibles que fragiles, ils ne se rendent jamais. Ce livre magnifique et ravageur repousse les limites du roman dans sa définition et dans sa portée. Vingt ans après Le Dieu des Petits Riens, Arundhati Roy effectue un retour époustouflant à la fiction.

''De bewering dat het allemaal was begonnen toen Sophie Mol naar Ayemenem kwam, is maar een van de vele manieren om de zaak te bekijken. Je zou evengoed kunnen stellen dat het allemaal duizenden jaren geleden begonnen is. Je zou kunnen stellen dat het is begonnen lang voordat het christendom aankwam in een boot en Kerala binnensijpelde als thee uit een theezakje. Dat het echt is begonnen in de tijd dat de Liefdeswetten gemaakt werden. De wetten die bepalen van wie je moet houden, en hoe. En hoeveel.'' Estha en zijn tweelingzus Rahel komen ter wereld in het paradijselijke Zuid-Indiase Kerala. Ze groeien op in het ouderlijk huis van hun mooie en mysterieuze moeder Ammu, dat zij delen met hun gedesillusioneerde grootvader, hun eigenzinnige grootmoeder, een oudtante die rouwt om haar verloren liefde voor een jezuïetenpater, en hun veelbelovende oom Chacko. De familie is ondernemend en welvarend, en de tweeling groeit voorspoedig op, maar dan is er de Verschrikking, het rampzalige voorval waardoor Estha en Rahel, nauwelijks zeven jaar oud, in een noodlottige stroomversnelling terechtkomen en elkaar voor jaren uit het oog verliezen. Het is deze tragedie die de familie als een lange slagschaduw blijft achtervolgen. In De God van Kleine Dingen ontrafelt Arundhati Roy op een verrassende, vitale en diepzinnige manier de geschiedenis van twee bijzondere kinderen die een onbevattelijk geheim met zich meedragen. Arundhati Roy (1959) kreeg voor haar debuutroman De God van Kleine Dingen, die in meer dan veertig talen werd vertaald, in 1997 de Booker Prize. Sindsdien publiceerde ze vijf non-fictieboeken. In 2017, twintig jaar na haar grootse debuut, verscheen haar tweede roman, Het ministerie van Opperst Geluk. Ze woont in Delhi.

La historia empieza con Anyum –que antes se llamaba Aftab– desenrollando una rad̕a alfombra persa en un cementerio al que llama hogar. Nos encontramos con la extraą e inolvidable Tilo y los hombres que la amaron, incluido Musa, novio y exnovio, amante y examante: sus destinos estǹ tan entrelazados lo estaban y estarǹ para siempre sus brazos

In ihrem lange herbeigesehnten Roman »Das Ministerium des äußersten Glücks« führt uns Arundhati Roy, Autorin des Weltbestsellers »Der Gott der kleinen Dinge«, an den unwahrscheinlichsten Ort, um das Glück zu finden. Eine Reihe ausgestoßener Helden ist hier mit ihrem Schicksal konfrontiert, aber sie finden eine Gemeinschaft, sie bilden eine Familie der besonderen Art. Auf einem Friedhof in der Altstadt von Delhi wird ein handgeknüpfter Teppich ausgerollt. Auf einem Bürgersteig taucht unverhofft ein Baby auf. In einem verschneiten Tal schreibt ein Vater einen Brief an seine dreijährige Tochter über die vielen Menschen, die zu ihrer Beerdigung kamen. In einem Zimmer im ersten Stock liest eine einsame Frau die Notizbücher ihres Geliebten. Im Jannat Guest House umarmen sich im Schlaf fest zwei Menschen, als hätten sie sich eben erst getroffen – dabei kennen sie einander schon ein Leben lang. Voller Inspiration, Gefühl und Überraschungen beweist der Roman auf jeder Seite Arundhati Roys Kunst. Erzählt mit einem Flüstern, einem Schrei, mit Freudentränen und manchmal mit einem bitteren Lachen ist dieser Roman zugleich Liebeserklärung wie Provokation: eine Hymne auf das Leben.

இந்தியாவின் எல்லைகளிலிருந்து போர் அதன் இதயத்திலுள்ள காடுகளுக்குப் பரவிவிட்டது. இந்தியாவின் சிறப்புமிக்க எழுத்தாளர் அருந்ததிராயால் அபாரமான பகுப்பாய்வையும் படைப்பூக்கம்கொண்ட செய்திப் பதிவையும் இணைத்து எழுதப்பட்டது ‘நொறுங்கிய குடியரசு’. உலக வல்லரசாக எழுச்சிபெற்று வருகின்ற இந்தியாவின் முன்னேற்றம், வளர்ச்சி ஆகியவற்றின் அசலான தன்மையை இந்நூல் ஆராய்கிறது. நவீன நாகரிகம் பற்றிய அடிப்படையான கேள்விகளையும் இந்நூல் எழுப்புகிறது.. A collection of three articles by Arundhati Roy on the Maoist insurgency.

O aguardado retorno à ficção da premiada autora de O deus das pequenas coisas. Após exatos vinte anos longe da ficção, a autora do best-seller O deus das pequenas coisas, publicado em 42 idiomas com mais de 8 milhões de exemplares vendidos no mundo, volta ao romance com O ministério da felicidade absoluta. Pela emocionante história do jovem Aftab, que mais tarde se torna a bela Anjum, descortina-se uma Índia repleta de conflitos e beleza. Dos bairros sinuosos e pobres aos shoppings reluzentes de Delhi, passando pelas montanhas nevadas da Kashmira, onde guerra e paz se mesclam em ciclos de vida e morte, a vida de Anjum transcorre e, com ela, a história de uma país. A um só tempo história de amor e protesto, este romance tem como heróis pessoas que foram destruídas pelo mundo no qual vivem e em seguida resgatadas por atos de amor e esperança. Desta forma, por mais frágeis que pareçam ser, eles nunca se rendem. Aos entrelaçar vidas complexas, este romance arrebatador e profundamente humano reinventa o que um romance pode ser e fazer. E demonstra a cada página o talento de Roy para contar histórias.

New York Times Best Seller Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Amazon, Kirkus, The Washington Post, Newsday, and the Hudson Group A dazzling, richly moving new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Things The Ministry of Utmost Happiness takes us on an intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent—from the cramped neighborhoods of Old Delhi and the roads of the new city to the mountains and valleys of Kashmir and beyond, where war is peace and peace is war. It is an aching love story and a decisive remonstration, a story told in a whisper, in a shout, through unsentimental tears and sometimes with a bitter laugh. Each of its characters is indelibly, tenderly rendered. Its heroes are people who have been broken by the world they live in and then rescued, patched together by acts of love—and by hope. The tale begins with Anjum—who used to be Aftab—unrolling a threadbare Persian carpet in a city graveyard she calls home. We encounter the odd, unforgettable Tilo and the men who loved her—including Musa, sweetheart and ex-sweetheart, lover and ex-lover; their fates are as entwined as their arms used to be and always will be. We meet Tilo’s landlord, a former suitor, now an intelligence officer posted to Kabul. And then we meet the two Miss Jebeens: the first a child born in Srinagar and buried in its overcrowded Martyrs’ Graveyard; the second found at midnight, abandoned on a concrete sidewalk in the heart of New Delhi. As this ravishing, deeply humane novel braids these lives together, it reinvents what a novel can do and can be. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness demonstrates on every page the miracle of Arundhati Roy’s storytelling gifts.