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Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has been hollowed out, and it has been returned to us as a vehicle for the free market, of the corporations. For the corporations, by the corporations.

~Arundhati Roy

Topics: Back Been Corporations Democracy Each Free Free Market Institutions Longer Market Means Meant Out Returned Taken Us Vehicle Workshop

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Novels are such mysterious and amorphous and tender things.

~Arundhati Roy

Topics: Mysterious Novels Tender Things

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I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is the real freedom, that I don't want anything. I don't want money or prizes. I want people to know that a war is going to be fought.

~Arundhati Roy

Topics: Ambitious Anything Anywhere Fought Freedom Get Going Know Me Money More People Prizes Real Real Freedom Sometimes Think Want War

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All my books are accidental books - they come from reacting to things and thinking about things and engaging in a real way. They are not about, 'Oh, did it get a good review in the Guardian?' I don't care.

~Arundhati Roy

Topics: About Accidental Books Care Come Did Engaging Get Good Guardian Oh Reacting Real Review Things Thinking Way

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Everyone thinks I live alone, but I don't. My characters all live with me.

~Arundhati Roy

Topics: Alone Characters Everyone Live Me Thinks

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I think many people were surprised by the victory of the Congress, because it was really hard to see beyond the sort of haze of hatred that the Hindu nationalists had been spreading.

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Topics: Because Been Beyond Congress Had Hard Hatred Haze Hindu Many People Really See Sort Spreading Surprised Think Victory Were I Think

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The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes.

~Arundhati Roy

Topics: Against Another Banks Call Communal Community Congress Covert Create Historically India Order Pit Played Politics Secure Vote Votes Where You

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The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting.

~Arundhati Roy

Topics: Ability America Anybody Confront Cunning Fact Fight Fighting Impossible Iraqis Made Systems Way Weapons Wits You Your

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Torture has been privatized now, so you have obviously the whole scandal in America about the abuse of prisoners and the fact that, army people might be made to pay a price, but who are the privatized torturers accountable too?

~Arundhati Roy

Topics: About Abuse Accountable America Army Been Fact Made Might Now Obviously Pay People Price Prisoners Scandal Too Torture Who Whole You

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The mullahs of the Islamic world and the mullahs of the Hindu world and the mullahs of the Christian world are all on the same side. And we are against them all.

~Arundhati Roy

Topics: Against Christian Hindu Islamic Same Side Them World

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Novelist

Born: November 24th, 1961

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