While talking about her writing, Booker Prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy said that circumstances forced her to write about politics.
Referring to The End of Imagination, Arundhati said, “At that time, we were surrounded by hatred, nationalism, nuclear warfare and, therefore, I had no option but to write on politics.”
The renowned Indian writer made the comments on Tuesday (Mar 5), at the Midas Centre while inaugurating the Chobi Mela.
She also talked about failure of governments concealed under NGO activities.
During discussion, Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam asked Roy, “In Bangladesh, importance given to rising GDP is used to sideline human rights issues, how do you regard this?”
In response, the writer said, “In India, 9 people have wealth equivalent to that belonging to 5 crore people and in such a scenario, if you ask people to work for economic development the question will be: whose development?”
“We must come out of nation based nationalism and be united.”
Regarding water sharing, she said, “I do not support the existing water sharing process.”
Saying that writers are fighting to create a conducive environment, she said, “Despite countless problems, writers are carrying on with their battle, sometimes they win and when they lose they have to leave their homes which is reprehensible.”
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