Arundhati Roy
Basics
On the Web: Articles
Not Again. Arundathi Roy, Guardian (9/30/02).
War Talk: Summer Games with Nuclear Bombs. Arundhati Roy, Nation (6/4/02).
The Algebra of Infinite Justice. Arundhati Roy (10/01).
Brutality Smeared in Peanut Butter, Guardian (10/23/01). Why America must stop the war now.
Insult & Injury in Afghanistan: America's Ill-Conceived War on Terror (10/20/01). (also entitled "Pigs are Horses. War is Peace").
Interview in Progressive (4/01).
For the Greater Common Good: The Pen as a Tool for Activism [interview by Franny Armstrong], Satya (4/00). Struggle against the Narmada Dam project.
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Short bio of Arundhati Roy. Also contains links to essays and articles.
In the Library: Articles
Barsamian, David. "Arundhati Roy [interview]," Progressive (4/01):33-39.
Hochschild, Arlie Russell. "Arundhati Roy: activist in an angry world [interview]," Mother Jones (1/2/02):74-76.
Roy, Arundhati."The end of imagination," Nation (9/28/98). On India's nuclear test.
__________. "The greater common good," World Rivers Review 14,4 (8/99).
__________. "The algebra of infinite justice," Guardian (9/29/01).
__________. "Brutality smeared in peanut butter," Guardian (10/22/01).
__________. "War is peace. So now we know," In These Times (11/26/01):11-14.
__________. "Shall we leave it to the experts?" Nation (2/18/02):16-20. On big Enron power project in India, & need for world-wide campaign of resistance.
__________. "Fascism's firm footprint in India," Nation (9/30/02):16-18.
__________. "Confronting empire," Nation (3/10/03):16.
__________. "Seize the time," In These Times (7/7/03):14-17.
__________. "The new American Century," Nation (2/9/04):11-14.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Barsamian, David. The Checkbook & the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy (Cambridge MA: South End, 2004).
Bhatt, Indira & Indira Nityanandam. Explorations: Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things (New Delhi: Creative, 1999).
Dhawan, R.K. (ed.) Arundhati Roy: The Novelist Extraordinary (London: Sangam, 1999).
Dodiya, Jaydipsinh & Joya Chakravarty (eds.) The Critical Studies of Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things (New Delhi: Atlantic, 1999).
Durix, Carole & Jean-Pierre Durix. Reading Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things (Dijon: Universitaires de Dijon, 2002).
Mullaney, Jane. Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things: A Reader's Guide (NY: Continuum, 2002).
Patak, R.S. (ed.) The Fictional World of Arundhati Roy (New Delhi: Creative, 2001).
Roy, Arundhati. The Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan: Causes, Consequences & India's Response (New Delhi, 1987).
__________. The Cost of Living (NY, 1999). Includes two essays: "The End of Imagination" & "The Greater Common Good."
__________. Power Politics (Cambridge MA: South End, 2001).
__________. Ben Laden: secret de famille de l'Amérique (Paris: Gallimard, 2001).
__________. The Algebra of Infinite Justice (London: Flamingo, 2002). Includes essays on high dams, nuclear weapons & the war on terrorism.
__________. War Talk (Cambridge MA: South End, 2003).
__________. In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones: The Original Screenplay (New Delhi: Penguin, 2003).
__________. Come September: Arundhati Roy in Conversation with Howard Zinn (Oakland CA: AK, 2003).
__________. The Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire (London: Flamingo, 2004).
Sharma, A.P. The Mind & the Art of Arundhati Roy: A Critical Appraisal of Her Novel, The God of Small Things (New Delhi: Minerva, 2000).
Surendran, K.V. The God of Small Things: A Saga of Lost Dreams (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2000).
In the Library: Fiction
Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things (NY, 1997).
In the Library: For Young Readers
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Drama
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Dam/Age" [2002], by Aradhana Seth, 50m. Roy vs. the Narmada River project in India.
"Drowned Out" [2002], dir. Franny Armstrong, 75m. Roy vs. the Narmada River project in India. From Bullfrog Films.
"Five Days to Change the World" [2001], dir. Robert Richter, 57m. Documentary on Hague Appeal for Peace & Justice, including interviews with Roy & many other activists.