Arundhati Roy is the Writer We Need in Authoritarian Times

Arundhati Roy’s brother did not pretend to be sad when their mother, Mary Roy, passed away. However, it was different for Arundhati. She writes, “I came undone. If I could understand myself better, I’d probably understand a lot more about the world and certainly about my country, in which so many people seem to revere their persecutors and appear grateful to be subjugated and told what to do, what…