Talks

Writing in the Present: Arundhati Roy in Conversation with Nandini Nair

2026-04-27 21:26:12

Writing in the Present: Arundhati Roy in Conversation with Nandini Nair

When

April 16, 2026    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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Join us for a conversation with Arundhati Roy that engages with her literary and political writing, tracing the intersections of fiction, memory, and contemporary realities. The discussion will focus on her book, ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’, situating the text within Roy’s broader body of work and her sustained engagement with questions of identity, dissent, and narrative form.

Moderated by Nandini Nair, the session will reflect on the movement between the personal and the political in Roy’s writing, and consider how storytelling can shape and respond to public discourse.

 

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Arundhati Roy

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 HeartAzadi and, most recently, The Architecture of Modern Empire.

Nandini Nair

Nandini Nair is the Associate Director of the New India Foundation, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the writing of books on modern India, and a literary critic. She has been an arts journalist for nearly two decades, having worked previously for Open Magazine, The Indian Express and The Hindu.