PEN World Voices Festival 2019: Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Arundhati Roy

For the Festival’s closing event on May 12, 2019, PEN welcomed Arundhati Roy, winner of the Booker Prize for her novel "The God of Small Things" and author of "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness and My Seditious Heart."
In the Festival’s keynote lecture, named for past PEN America president Arthur Miller, Roy discussed the defense of the collective, of the individual, and of the land, in the face of the destructive logic of financial, social, religious, military, and governmental elites.
Following the talk, Roy joined celebrated novelist and journalist Siddhartha Deb for a discussion about the ways in which literature can open up space for justice, rights, and freedoms in an increasingly hostile world.
This once in a lifetime moment took place at the infamous Apollo Theater.

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literally i can listen her for the whole of my life without any break
Amazing human being INDIA must be proud of Her existance
love her From Pakistan❣❣

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One of the bravest intellectuals of India.

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my heart just melted into the sweetest strawberry smoothie. She is a master. a master of love and wisdom.

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Rare combination
A beautiful face with beautiful mind that is my favourite Arundathi Roy
Lots of regards to her

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I may not agree with everything she say , but I love listening to her. There is Beauty in what & how she expresses herself

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She is having courage to speak about India true face.

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Starts around 7:43

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The PEN wellcoming Arunthuti Roy winner of Booker Prize for novel The God of Small Things and the Ministry of Utmost Happiness and serious Heart Arundhuti is great author and lovely for ever

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This is beautiful

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Love this so much!

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Tremendous personality multi
Talented women.

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Ankit Pandey really speaks the truth.

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LET HER FINISH THE DAMN SENTENCE YOU!!!!!!

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hail egyptian indian arundhati:

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India has sooooooo much to be ashamed of. But, then, we also have Arundhati.

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12:08 she literally called out everyone..
. From East to West, every evil

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Where are you today Dear Arundhati Mam.

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