“Not only in India but all over the world, an economic system is being created that is driving people apart,” she adds. Many favourably compared her at the time to South Asia heavyweight writers like Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth. “When I write fiction I am the exact opposite. Roy says under the stewardship of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is at its most polarised place in years. But Roy is unrepentant, seeing herself as a much-needed canary in the coal mine.

Source: Pakistan Today January 03, 2018 05:18 UTC