Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy discussed her memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me, which also chronicles the life of her mother, Mary Roy, “her shelter and her storm”. The title of the memoir draws from the famous Beatles song Let It Be, though Mary Roy never uttered those words. Mary Roy had married a Bengali man working in an Assam tea estate. She’s walking when the tide is high, she’s walking when it’s low. She’s always alone....”The memoir spans six decades, portraying Mary Roy as a crusader, educator, mother, flawed human, and force of nature.

Source: The Telegraph January 15, 2026 01:33 UTC