Arundhati Roy on BBC: Capitalism not working for masses

Dated 2014-11-19. Links to her books.
Capitalism a ghost story
/ capitalism
Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition
/ annihilation-of-caste

[@safi456]

Disappointing that the interviewer didnt allow her time to complete even a single point she made. It was a very rushed interview only touching upon the injustices she is trying to expose and put an end to. A really remarkable woman...

[@aryandixit229]

She is a truly ridiculous woman. Thankfully, people are starting to see her for the hypocrite and corrupt elitist she really is. Kudos to the interviewer for giving her the treatment she deserves.

[@Yeediatable]

Whenever she brought up the caste system, he diverted the topic..LOL.....'Well..let's talk about the economy.....'....'Well...let's talk about women's roles...'.....LOL>...media controlled by corporations....and corporations belong to a certain upper 'caste'....:)

[@ganpatsingh5935]

I love Arundhti Roy all my life ,their thoughts, Attitude ,personality ...all unique

[@dr.shahabqadir7622]

She is one of the most outspoken person in India! Salute to this great Indian.

[@dilipthombre4806]

she support nexalites and terrorist in kashmir even killings of innocent pandits and critisizes MAHATMA GANDHI and supports ideology of communist STALIN, MAO and these communist leaders killed almost millians innocent people of their own country being suspious of opponents. she is most hypcratic intellect with corrupted mind specially about Mahatma Gandhi

[@paharipant2]

Interviewer did a superb job at presenting arguments against Arundhati's Position and Roy went on a tangent but not quite addressing them rather evading them. IMO, it exposes the shallowness of her arguments.....coz she could not counter them. I guess she won't be proud of this interview. More importantly, kya Ambush kiya bhai...Ghazab....first presenting facts with which she agrees and then turning it around to show things have improved and she picks selectively...GENIUS level

[@aubreydebliquy8051]

What is most important about her observations? Mothers and fathers around the world demand we administer our governments so as to nurture them and their children. Arundhati Roy will no doubt face enemies and friends around the world. Whatever the case may be, she is a friend of the people of India and mankind when she points past the smoke and mirrors to our sacred task of faithfully nurturing this enchanted dust as best we can for all the creatures it has spawned. The future of this planet is enriched by our diversity. She does not bring shame but honour to the fine reputation and history of this great nation of India which we need as a balm to mankind. Do not fall prey to the expedience of the faithless all over the world who would embrace the devil himself if necessary to preserve a fake narrative they falsely see as protecting their privilege. Who said the only devils are the ones running around in our own hearts and minds? May I add that these devils have no power that we do not give to them. There is no excuse for mankind not taking the high road forward. The future of this planet will be a nurturing one by definition. Let's stop wasting time on negatives and get on with the wonderful and doable task of turning this world into a more nurturing and compassionate and caring place for us and our children and our children's children. Obviously if we allow capitalism to become no more than an unregulated greed licensed to damage our symbiotic earth we commit a great abomination of a crime greater than genocide because it is suicidal. We fail as a type 1 civilization to nurture in a coherent way, that which is the property of all life in this enchanted dust including ourselves. I think Ron Paul called that property rights. People who understand a Capitalist democracy understand a mechanism by means of which we can progress towards such a coherent type 1 civilisation. I keep on having a chuckle at the expense of the fear mongers and the war mongers and their fake fear and enmity narratives that they churn out for their masters. LOL The funny thing is that this faked reality belies the good news we can know with confidence; The world has never been more poised to transition to a more coherent world order. This will not be through coercion but through co-operation and honest scholarly planning based on scientific consensus and good faith. If good people are empowered by good laws to profit and protect, then we turn greed into nurturing without changing a law anywhere on earth. The only law we need is the one that is of no value if it is not written in our hearts where it immediately casts out the fake demons from their only refuge. LOL and that law is to love one another, and maybe learn form the anti-intuitive wisdom of loving your enemies into friends, if for no other reason than that it is the most effective strategy to ensure an end to the reign of unbridled destructive alien parasite that is generic to Mammon or unregulated unaccountable greed as was so abominably demonstrated on 911. All the nations lamented the wound of the beast because it is a mortal wound. A self inflicted wound. A wound only cleansed by the lance of transparency that would finger powerful traitors. The ultimate treason to poison and kill the soul of your country to protect the power and privilege of a few sick Psychos who are a greater threat to us all than the synthetic terrorists printed with ink and paper. Tyranny could not have crafted a more sinister attire. I think that Russian general had it right when he pointed out that the Global Mafia end up running our affairs if we are not holding our executives accountable through transparency and truthfulness in all things. The transparent rule of law is our greatest ally in running a secure and safe administration everywhere. Those who seek secrecy usually have something to hide from their own people as well as their often fake enemies. In that regard, the aggregate safety and security is not served without transparency .

[@dilipthombre4806]

she is hypocratic intelect with corrupt mind who supports killing of Adivasis by naxalites and killing of pandits by terrorist but critisize Mahatma Gandhi what an irony ........

[@sanchan7312]

I know you love to hear about the poverty of india how miserable it is blah blah an advice please concentrate on your own country

[@aubreydebliquy8051]

@@sanchan7312 From which lofty country do you pontificate to others what they may and may not do or what they think or love?

[@sanchan7312]

@@aubreydebliquy8051 you were pontificating yourself no one is interested in the big essay you have written the problem with you west savages is that you come from a non existant culture or civilisation you have no understanding of the rich civilisations of the east your church has destroyed a lot of these indiginous tribes and rich cultures and forced your empty religion on other countries. It has given rise to empty souls like arundhati roy who are drifters lost souls and who take a macabre pleasure in destroying their own motherland and rich culture and ancient religions of which they have no idea due to their western education.you silly westerns in turn gleefully support such so called intelluctals birthed by you and parade them around as they keep on badmouthing their own country this is part of the agenda of the west who think we are superior and those that are different from us are inferior so lets make them like us so that we and only we remain like mr smith from the matrix movie .

[@rahulshah303]

😂 she is just an idiot commie.

[@jayantabhaduri2296]

I admire her. He is a brave lady.

[@shahriyarkhan6077]

One and only one Arundhati Roy. The Great Human rights Activist.

[@sunny_chd]

Whose human right she saved can you elaborate

[@amymohanty1045]

If the host doesnt have time why the interview conducted at the first place. ..

[@veronicaancrum4871]

It’s BBC they don’t give a damn it is sponsored by the capitalist.

[@redpanda9141]

Arundhati didn’t have a answer to most questions and diverted away from the topic to be fair

[@mountainlinx]

Thank you Arundhati Roy!

[@inder19852000]

India has its own problems. It has also a lot of good things like matriarchal system in Kerala and North East India, which never gets reported in the West. If asian media takes documentaries on right wing extremists in the West, how will it be like? There are regions in Germany, UK etc where coloured people have to be afraid to go in.

[@RahulChauhan-wo1io]

David Linxfor what.?

[@chandrashekharahire4798]

You are the greatest Indian.

[@maviaabbasi6701]

well only those who regard humanity more than anything else and deny to be a blind patriot can understand what she says real gem produced in India.Salute from Pakistan

[@clarencehamilton6655]

This BBC journalist demonstrates the desperate decline of the BBC as a public broadcaster and his patronizing attitude towards Arundhati Roy.

[@aryandixit229]

Indians don't like Arundhati Roy. As much as I dislike the BBC's hypocrisy, in this case, it is Ms.Roy that is using her fame to spread her communist ideology at the cost of Indian culture. It is funny how it is actually Arundhati's Western supporters that always use the caste system to justify racism against Indians and are the most patronizing. As always, Roy is not someone who is popular at all in India. For once, the journalist gave her the treatment she deserves instead of chear leading her slander and deliberate misinformation against Indian people and culture.

[@sushamle333]

@9:11 When host interrupts her for the time constraint like wtf we are doing good anyway to our world?!

[@heavenonearth9691]

She's only the brave and fearless great lady

[@RahulChauhan-wo1io]

and mad and lost her mind.

[@divyasingh7740]

Well not a follower of Gandhi but Gandhi also said " The slavery of caste system is worst than colonialism".......... I don't know about other ventures of Gandhi, but Arundhati is definitely misinterpreting the Gandhi's quote that Caste system was hindu genius.....Because at that point he was referring to the times when it was a division of labor and not a rigid system as it is today..... Many a times when I listen to Arundhati I find her right about many facts but quiet often many of them are misinterpreted and often some exagerrated........Sometimes her dichotomy of thoughts are also quite obivous............

[@pranavkamath]

She tries to drive her "all humans are the same" communist hyperbole more than understanding the difference between humans. Its disgusting how she propagandizes with her fluent Berkeley accent.

[@scoobydoobydoo9561]

Arundathi Roy mentioned in this interview that all the top people control everything in India like media, channels, industries etc and all of them belong to a particular "cast". So according to this logic those who control terrorism world wide also belong to a particular "cast". So she is right there is a design for the atrocities carried on innocent people of specific "cast". What's your cast and are you defending any cast?

[@gagan77100]

Is funny u put industrialist and media house with same category of attrocises and terrorism

[@jpriyadharshini]

no logic

[@darkhorseks9559]

Its easy to rant and criticize, but its difficult to provide a solution.

[@mahahammam9282]

True, because the problem exists but the solution must be found and thought about critically. Communism is not good and will never be good but to think critically of both communism and capitalism is not a crime. The point is their must be a critical mind set of both ideologies. We can not accept capitalism because communism is bad nor accept communism because capitalism is bad there are nuances to both arguments, but just like we created the ideology of capitalism or communism their must be a way to create a system that works for everybody or at least for or at least the vast majority of people around the world.

[@mountainlinx]

You gotta love Arundhati Roy! You know how I'm fishing for some angry insults from young Indian new rich wannabes but hey, give it to me!!!! She's fabulous! 😀😀😀😀

[@warship000]

@100108641267736133429 The insults are from the so called middle class. The way they insult her beggars belief. They reflect poorly on their country. After hundreds of years of slavery they have tasted freedom and cannot stomach criticism. Are they and their India so perfect?

[@RajaVinayChandra]

+David Linx The Indian middle class, especially the young upwardly mobile ones, whom I call the "yuppies" are the bane of this nation.

[@Anonymes108]

Arundhati is just showing the problems, that everybody know. she is not showing the solutions. she shd fight elections, get elected and do something good for the ppl. there is no country in the world without rising crime rate or hate rate, or any other problems. but what is the solution????

[@inder19852000]

India has its own problems. It has also a lot of good things like matriarchal system in Kerala and North East India, which never gets reported in the West. If asian media takes documentaries on right wing extremists in the West, how will it be like? There are regions in Germany, UK etc where coloured people have to be afraid to go in.

[@sheetalkesar5903]

@ tony thomas ....kerela aint the beacon of utopia as it is projected out by commies ...i come from a region which has more per capita income than kerela and where hindus have the most %age population out of any state and where we have far less caste crimes than kerela ..i am giving you a clue - i belong from a himalyan state

[@indrajha9303]

It is difficult to appreciate Ms. Roy and her flight of imagination in describing India's poor. I live in the US. and I visit my motherland every so often; in my village in North Bihar, no body is starving which was not a case 40 years ago; kids are going to schools; so called poor women dress well and look happy and proud. Ms Roy should be examined for truth in her deliberations... she is loosing it.

[@DKTheRockstar]

She looks like a delusional personality from the interview.

[@sanchan7312]

Absolutely she neither cares for the poor or downtrodden and loves to spread hate against hindus and india in the west

[@shrisuryarathinam97]

Common , you have to visit southern states that’s when you will understand the real horrors of being underdeveloped Bihar . I’m really critical about you being from states and yet emphasising about Bihar development. Bihar is still the worst underdeveloped state relative to that the other areas . And arguments is about mass unemployment of the literates . Development undergoing in India is very shallow and won’t lead to long term benefits.

[@kishanchand7445]

very intellgent and honest and strong woman

[@neutral5793]

Arundhati Roy: "I am not aware of the data you are mentioning about decreasing hunger index". Well, shouldn't that be the first thing to know when you are discussing on such topics? She only knows about problems but have no solutions. India tried socialism and did not work. If you want people like Mukesh Ambani taxed more, they may choose to leave the country.

[@ssimba2785]

Neutral Agree with you , She forgets that if there are no rich people the economy will not function well. When I was young I believed in socialism but over the years I learnt that capitalism is far better then socialism .She wants to kill the goose which lays the golden egg. Likes of her hate Capitalism but-yet live in Capitalist countries and not socialist country.

[@sourabhdhanuka2252]

@@ssimba2785 What people ignored was that she tried to bring in the caste narrative but the interviewer quickly changed the topic because he didn't want to snoop that low. In India, She and other people on the left and have wealth inequality to justify Religious Violence. Barkha dutt once claimed that the kashmiri Pandit exodus was their own fault because they were rich and didn't share the wealth with the majority muslim population.

[@Anarchist_syndicalist]

If you love capitalism then you are normalising inequality because people like you we are suffering.

[@arunsar7893]

@@Anarchist_syndicalist Inequality should be normalized. The dream of unequal societies are just that. Dreams.

[@anirudhahedau4988]

india will become world leader soon

[@mountainlinx]

She is a international treasure indeed

[@sonatudu7229]

+varun kashyap fuck you. She is showing mirror to India

[@sheetalkesar5903]

@ sona tudu ....then she shouldnt be biased in showing that mirror ...she is a lady who has a clear agenda and because of that india she is compelled to be biased

[@gabbar51ngh]

International treasure? Then take her with you. Commies deserve helicopter rides anyway

[@rajadhirajmaharaj]

@@varunkashyap8710 Insult and pain are good for you. They are update notifications.

[@rajadhirajmaharaj]

@@sheetalkesar5903 She wrote a book, Broken Republic. Go read it thoroughly. If you think there is another side/story to tell, please publish a book consisting your research and thoughts on the topic. *You can make a movie also* . That will be uploadable on KZbin. :-)

[@kkssd92]

Notice How Arundhati Roy is diverting from answering the journalist's questions

[@ok9gamer65]

Everything she says is subjective without much factual backing. when questioned about facts, most of her answers start with 'if you see'. She has made her life and career out of speaking ill about her own in every global platform she has been while praising its undemocratic neighbours. She is communist intellectual who sees india as an oppessor. She wud be very happy to see india disintegrate into 300 princely state. She cannot bear the fact that India is being taken seriously in global geopolitics. She has been this way in any government, she spoke agains india during congress time also. She suffers from some childhood psychological trauma as her parents were separated and she may have faced some social problems in a conservative malyali neighbourhood where she was raised by her single mother. She blames the INDIA for that trauma, thats the core nature of socialism, they manage to blame anything for their problems. Com on Arundhati, grow the fuck up, we all have faced problems in childhood, some were bullied, some faced corporal punishment, some were abused.... DON'T BLAME THE INIDAN STATE FOR THAT.

[@sanchan7312]

True

[@MrCooldude987]

criticism is the easiest job in this world.

[@vikrambailey73]

A sane voice from India

[@enochcmc7949]

She was gift of Indians

[@RajKrsna]

So according to BBC Almost a third of the UK population fell below the official poverty line at some point between 2010 and 2013 ( www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32812601) , figures show. Around 19.3 million people - 33% - were in poverty, compared with 25% of people across the EU, the Office for National Statistics found. With India at 17.9% who is the POOR country in the world???

[@zulfiqardurrani3483]

salute to this one honest journalist and writer.

[@RahulChauhan-wo1io]

Zulfiqar Durrani seriously thats all you have to say.. come on man..rase your standards

[@sanchan7312]

Pakistani jehadi spotted maybe she will give you a kiss

[@darshanpatil7777]

This is more relevant now in 2024.

[@ambat79]

I respect her. She has a way of phrasing thought which makes it so compelling. The problem however is that people like her are arm chair critics. If she is so sure about her way of thinking and if she thinks the present dispensation is rotten, she should stand for elections and fight elections.

[@inder19852000]

India has its own problems. It has also a lot of good things like matriarchal system in Kerala and North East India, which never gets reported in the West. If asian media takes documentaries on right wing extremists in the West, how will it be like? There are regions in Germany, UK etc where coloured people have to be afraid to go in.

[@topkhani]

Truth hurts...

[@DrCarr-nb1tf]

She has what most men need to have in India and that’s “ balls’”. Stand up against racism, inequality etc

[@anandprasadsharma5067]

real intellectual n sensible person

[@vinayseth1114]

And what alternative does she suggest?

[@niladrisil6518]

May be killing get people. Gandhis with guns.

[@canyildiz5966]

Shes not suggesting an alternative because she is aware that would be ignorant to do as such. She is mearly pointing out the reality of the situation with hopes to incite consciousness among regular people. That way maybe some of our children will be true revolutionaries

[@vinayseth1114]

@@canyildiz5966 She is stating the obvious that Marxists have been stating for the last 50 years. She's just a lazy attention-seeking woman.

[@gayatrimelkote6822]

Why won't she answer the question?

[@su.pa.kritinasamy2280]

She is exposing the ugly otherside of India to the world, many new middleclass indians my not like this, but sadly she is very true.

[@abhishekbose8107]

Mam what's the solution ? You speak of capitalism as it is some kind of disease but factually India has grown under this capitalism only , if the market was not opened in 1991 , we wouldn't have seen the growth and expansion of the Telecom industry , the media industry and the corporate . I am from a middle-class family and because of this expansion and growth of this corporate world , new jobs have been created in various industries and we are able to sustain .

[@chirasreeroy9018]

With your cow dung filled on your brain it will be next to impossible for you to find out the deep meaning resides on Arandhuti Roy's litterature.

[@therash09]

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is Indian communism for you! Low on facts, low on substance.

[@PrabhatKumar-xj6nx]

God bless her so fearless

[@antaresbnv3350]

All women are fearless except in a few Muslim countries, which u will understand after the marriage

[@jo-vj6pe]

Of course muckrsh ambani is a trader caste , meaning they are the natural enterpreneurs following their ancestors trade. Children of enterpreneurs would naturally be business savvy. Mukesh ambani's father started a successful business despite the corrupt government officials who are forever putting up barriers for startups in India, unlike the west. Of course there are several struggling businessmen from the so called trader caste who never make it big and are barely surviving. Mukesh ambani's father was just lucky. I am sure he had to work very hard in the beginning and probably had to bribe officials to do the job that they should be doing in the first place. Once you get over the first big hurdles, it generally becomes easier to expand your business, in India.

[@sanjayyadav-oe7fo]

Mam i support your viewpoint.i am also unemployed

[@arunsar7893]

And you and three generations after you will remain unemployed if you support "Mam's viewpoint".

[@NavinKumar-xe5ul]

She didn't complete the conversation without criticising our PM Modi.

[@Critic224]

Navin Kumar ... Modi is PM ... not god... he can be criticized !!!

[@priyankapradhan5667]

Navin Kumar and why is he above criticism??

[@gurusharan4705]

Remind me of old saying: spirituality is the last resort to an intellectual and politics is the last resort to a politician.

[@rajann6970]

It is a democratic right of a citizen to criticize a political leader who is neck-deep in the cesspool of corruption, nepotism, and bigotry.

[@anwarhussain3696]

Why Not ?? Is he a " Demi God " to you ???

[@aeaeao1]

You keep throwing the word “statistics”. I think you fail to see a bigger picture at times. Problems are so big, it’s easy to criticise. Help out instead of holding talks. Let’s see some real input. Things are getting better, but it takes time. Also there is always a price to pay. China does not have equal education. Go talk to some people instead of sitting in an easy chair and reading statistics. Statistics are not reality. They’re interpretations can also be skewed. You have discredited all the efforts people are actually pitting in, while reaping the benefits of sympathetic eyeballs the media channels provide you. Also it’s a bit weird that she smiles after mentioning some really grim moments in history. (You see how criticism doesn’t help in any way) PS. I like to contrast between Ayn Rand and Mrs.Roy. Stark, extreme in their own way. So much drama, leading to nothing at all.

[@pradeeppatil1025]

I would like Arundhati Roy to talk in terms of solutions , there is a no point staying in the most exclusive area of Delhi - the diplomatic enclave - and then highlighting the plight of the poor in India, just highlights her hypocrisy ! Reopening old wounds of caste indicates her deep hatred for the Indian State and "Hindu" India. It is very true that India has some dark chapters when it comes to caste and appalling oppression of Dalits . So have the Hindus, in general suffered under Islamic rule. The question is, do we keep raking up history and old wounds or look at ways of moving forward as a nation ! The fact of the matter is that successive Indian Governments have failed everybody not just the Dalits, Tribals and other vulnerable minorities. Despite Dalit parties, Leftist & Communist holding power in many states for long years, the lot of the Dalits and the poor in those states still remain shocking ! Why does not A Roy question and scrutinize this , instead of raving & ranting against the Upper Castes only ??

[@gonzaloluna1989]

I like her

[@gayatrimelkote6822]

Capitalism always works for the rich everywhere. All the rich in India became rich during the Gandhi dynasty not Modi. Why is A Roy blaming the current government.

[@koul09876]

Bullshit.. Ambani house functions like a company . It has good number of employees . It pays taxes.. And those employee go home and feed 5 more people...simple economics..😁

[@DKTheRockstar]

Some people are disconnected with reality. They don't read economics, nor understands a bit of it. They don't even look at data (its alien to them). They will drag you down to their level if you debate them. Best way to defeat them is "Ignore them" and don't give them a screen time on your devices.

[@sanjayyadav-oe7fo]

Mam I am an unemployed student in india

[@loganlab1681]

She throws out heavy words casually without giving authentic stats.

[@mahantkumartiwari312]

Notice 3:53, when the anchor said "In 2006, some agency said that 48% of indian children under 5 are stunted", Arundhati is suddenly excited and agreed saying "Yes!". She is always happy and ready to agree on all the negative things about India. But when anchor proceeds to tell that things have improved remarkably since then, she doesn't trust these numbers anymore..... Such a hypocrite...

[@paharipant2]

Ghazab ambush tha from the anchor....he left her totally exposed!!

[@prempriyesh6487]

A typical Brahmanical mentality

[@rajadhirajmaharaj]

@@paharipant2 *HerShitPant* :-D :-P :-Q i just farted while laughing :-P

[@minakshimaurya]

Go in the village... She is not smiling on negativity... It is true whole world is corporate control..

[@imtiyazali6991]

She is absolutely right.......India's upper castes ko lagta hai,k Wo bhagwan hai....

[@quqbalam5089]

I think the problem with Roy is not that she criticizes capitalism, but that she blames India far too much when much of the blame lies in Western countries, particularly the US which has come to replace Britain as the new colonial master of India. It's true that the Indian government works side-by-side with the US and US private companies, but the criticism of India's government should always be paired with criticism of the US and European countries that continue to exploit the Indian people.

[@quqbalam5089]

***** Moreover, she never mentions such important things like the Afghanistan War and the drone war in Pakistan, which have seriously affected India.

[@Manojrgulalkai]

Nonsense read her other essays, you will understand. She has radically criticized US over war on middle east countries. She has spoken againt toni blair and george bush for eg.

[@quqbalam5089]

Manoj r gulalkai Sure she has (I was being somewhat hyperbolic), but it's very rare.

[@arunsar7893]

Her delusion was delusion 1.o. Yours is 2.0.

[@shivkishanpandey5385]

Which country is she talking abiut

[@niladrisil6518]

I walk on my feet and I use best of shoes. Roy: Oh my God, what a torture on those poor feet. The weight of entire body is on those poor things. This is discrimination. We must evenly distribute the weight on all parts of body. I am crawling now.

[@viveksingh3897]

The interviewer got what he wanted you to say ....I hope you realise that

[@SomitPal]

I love this lady’s thoughts, God bless,

[@MbariHogun]

Thank You For Sharing #Jesus ~

[@kylehankins5988]

Indias economic liberalization was good. No doubt in my mind

[@jo-vj6pe]

Varna which is wrongly described as caste system is actually a division of labour and would be correctly described as class.ie working class(the lower rungs of society) , business class ( traders or enterpreneurs ), administrators and the ruling class called Kshatriyas and academics and priests(the Brahmins) It was a brilliant system during those times because there was no formal schooling for the general public and children learnt skills from their father. Nobody could steal away another's job, ie, even a king ,when he died, would have to be cremated by the class that does cremation.thus there was job security for all.There was no DIY, one had to go to a particular class to get a particular job done.

[@Inner.divinity]

There were schools and universities like Nalanda and Taxila in Buddhist India which was egalitarian and progressive society..Varna system was not brilliant, it was a tool to keep the shudras or working class people under the control of Brahmin, kshytriyas and vasishyas..after the decline of Buddhism in India, the regressive Varna system was enforced on the shudras

[@canyildiz5966]

What the fuck is wrong with the host?! The way he is interrogating her is just so unfair man. But she did a great job of not falling into his traps🙏🏼

[@MusaKhanandalusian]

capitalistic ideals arent proven from any organized theology not even Sanatan Dharam, in 1947 it wasent Muslim vs "Hindu" it was anti capitalist vs capitalist, compare the constitutions of Pakistan and India.

[@prashanthkumaryedla6998]

she is the finest example of freedom of speech in India. u can be anti national, u can support terrorists and extremists, u can shout slogan against India, u can accuse anyone of anything and still live a luxurious life with no restrictions whatsoever. tell me which countries give so much freedom?? no matter how many stories and lies arundati propagates, India is progressing towards a better future away from communism.

[@ashishbagade7601]

I don't know but what I think is going on in India is something similiar to what happenned in China during den xiaoping's revolution and in Russia during Stalin's regime.....Old cultural world pf peasants and farmers coming to terms with modernity and city life.....But India gets a bad name as always because there is inertia in western thoughts about India...because its always been negative...I am a dalit and my motherland gives me so much that I am proud of it....there are many struggles going on and I am not saying India is perfect....But IT WILL be third largest economy no matter what......I feel racim in western world against Indians more worrying as compared to Casteism against Indians inside India because at least we do have positive discrimination laws to fight against them but in West u just have to bear it....Sad but True :(

[@p-unitnano6969]

Whts with caste also..

[@artistleaf]

Why she Against India’s Success , India just became hangover from British rulers.

[@omsairamakrishnagovindanar5933]

WHY CONVERSION DID GOD FAIL / UNABLE TO CREATE EVERY ONE IN ONE RELIGION THAT THESE CONVERTERS HAVE TAKEN HIS RESPONSIBILITY IN CONVERSION? WHICH RELIGION GOD BELONGS TO ? WHY GOD IS ANSWERING EVERYONE'S PRAYERS IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY RELIGION OR NO RELIGION? Can any one tell WHAT GOD IS EXACTLY LOOKING AT - HOW YOU PRAY? WHICH LANGUAGE YOU PRAY? WHICH PLACE YOU PRAY? etc etc. Can any one Show /NAME at least one thing that GOD CREATED belongs to one particular Religion ? If BIBLE / QURAN WAS NOT THERE ,whom did GOD CREATE

[@vkj321]

During Nehru's times, there were many poets and literary people , who were moved by Communist notions. At that time, economy hardly moved. Arundhati should have lived in those times. She is now anachronistic.

[@prasanthalpha]

It is really funny to see her stuttering when the guy presents her with facts like the one with reduction of hunger. She is a millionaire who pretends to be poor. She thinks that she can understand the problems of the poor. She repeats the same things over and over again.

[@vigneshvelayutham2582]

She looked rattled the moment he cuts her BS down !!

[@lookoi9363]

this women is a good but naive and confused do gooder who hasn't thought things thro. writing one nice story is her main achievement.she has no solutions.

[@vikrambailey73]

Poster girl for the intellectuals of India

[@rajnair1357]

It's the Dalit Christians who got fooled 😅😅😅

[@koodykoo1]

What did the Gujjus get ? They dont' eat eggs !

[@arkin5854]

Fictional And poorly presented! If it makes sense

[@Delhi_Guy]

Isn't she enjoying all the fruits of capitalism while criticizing it in the same breath. Hypocrisy ki bhi koi seema hoti hai.

[@vkj321]

She is telling wrong things about Ambani . He does not own media channels.

[@Erickdearmas]

I love u

[@tinkugadu]

The rape rate and gun killing rate in US is around 10 times that of India. India has one of the lowest gun ownership rates. Rapes happen all across the world. but rate of crimes in india is much lower. Look at Detroit, chicago, Berlin, Sweden, London, Bradford, -- Gun deaths, Rapes, Child grooming, are so prevalent. Arundhati roy is nothing more than a Champagne swilling, limousine liberal. She randomly rants and carries this self certified badge of intellectual which sounds hollow as time passed. She has no solutions. Is Socialism or marxism the solution? We already have examples of Soviet Union etc. China is not a communist economy, it is a capitalist economy with commie political system. Is China Prefect.

[@w.m.aslam-author]

The Western nations have a growing population of poor and homeless, we have food banks here now. Why would the caste ruled, corrupt and bribery culture of India allow the Indian poor to be better off under Capitalism? We have some Government help here in the UK and still people struggle. I hate to imagine what the 800 million Indian poor must suffer. India will be looted by the U.S. for its resources, it will be a second Raj and only the few elite will benefit and the masses will suffer. Big corporations from the U.S. are already using up the vital water supplies to make soft drink and taking a chunk of the film industry. All of the profits will move abroad and the Indian economy will be bled dry. The country is also going through a female genocide. These NGOs are to blame.

[@kylehankins5988]

Whatever way you cut it things are getting better in India, if you favor nordic style social welfare to speed up the process of development for the lower classes I think thats a reasonable assertion, but no country as poor as India is going to not have poverty. India certainly had poverty during its "socialist" years.

[@sandeepvk]

A proper cynic. Not one did she propose and alternative path to alleviate poverty. Unfortunately, she happens to hail from my state of Kerala and my cast Nair...

[@rohitkhosla8110]

Nope she is a Syrian Xian

[@sandeepvk]

@@rohitkhosla8110 I am relieved now.

[@rajendrapersadharry1240]

What Arundhati is saying is an inconvenient truth to those who think they belong to the middle class.

[@mkhaos4719]

very wealthy side by side with the very poor... homeless sleeping on cold cement floors outside multimillion apartments.. sounds like London!

[@mrityunjaysingh9080]

It can only happen in India (and perhaps in Britain), where a person can make anti-government speeches/ writings her career, while living in her own country all along. People may hold demonstrations, protest, or even ban her books once in a while - but she lives, is free to go where she likes, and give interviews such as these. Hope she realises that.

[@user-ig4ix1px1w]

Her name indicates brahmin

[@titussamuel2440]

The hair stylist hates you Roy. BBC guys make fun of themselves at every possible juncture. Love the composure despite odd hair do. Indians like most of the poor world (consequentially under organized world), alike three fourths of our global cousins, suffer too many grave injustices. Capitalism in India is still archaic, may be the blunders and crises of the advanced capitalist societies can help us to define a more sensitive capitalism. Ill's of capitalism ar one end, at another end being under organized and under motivated adds to our big suffering.

[@prav777]

She talks as if before 1991 there were no poor people. If Capitalism failed, then what is the answer? Socialism? I thought that was what existed before, so how did that work out for the poor or India in general. Although people like Mukesh Ambani are just gross, economics cannot simply be viewed from a poor man's prism. The poor will always exist even if there was an utopian egalitarian society. The larger question is, why do we give a pass to the unabated population increase? The same misdirected focus on the symptoms on the issue of Global Warming, rather than the real cause. If humans didn't exist in such vast numbers, there would be little effect due to Carbon emissions. We want to seemingly control the growth of every other species, so that this selfish species can just multiply and consume whatever little resources that exist. When would Indians stop fucking? That's the bigger question!!!

[@durkadurka9573]

I she is so worried about Poverty in India what have she done till now to stop it ? i can see that she by her self living a lavish lifestyle then as she claims HALF OF THE INDIA'S population

[@kssam5867]

Dr. Ambadvekar was made Ambedkar by his brahmin teacher.

[@dineshsinhal4371]

Obliged!For people other than Brahmin,it was not allowed to be a teacher.

[@veenabedi4252]

David Lynx loves Arunditi roy , she consolidates his idea of poor dysfunctional India little does he know that most of her interview answers are riddled with lies & books filled with exaggerated points & blatent lies.

[@shaneetom]

communism has failed everytime, capitalism is not perfect but only economic system that works

[@kannano3652]

You blame capitalism but would like to enjoy the benefits of it by sitting and advocating against it in the most capitalist capital of the world.

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

what stupid statement.

[@harooniqbal3729]

what a stupid statement!

[@rcjoshi1]

Ms. Roy! You are good at writing fiction. You know little or care to learn how to use statistics to find the change in the economic condition of people. It appears you are a dreamer without knowing what is scientifically possible. If you were not a well-known fiction writer no one will care what you say. Better stick to your profession rather than spreading the false statistics that Indian poor have not benefitted. You seem to empathize with the terrorists and not with the entrepreneurs who take a risk and create jobs. You have no knowledge of politics nor the history and make statements which are outlandish and false. Poverty has been reduced. It can not be reduced by communist ways. Communism failed miserably;y. Even China had to follow the capitalism. And do you know China has reduced poverty significantly. But it is 50 years ahead because the leaders there have been able to use undemocratic means to employ the capitalistic methods of creating jobs. That can not be done in India since we have democracy. It allows people like you to object any change which does not suit the communist philosophy and economic model. Your free speech is harmful to you as well as to the nation. The pen is mightier than sword only if used appropriately. But if the sword is used to cut nails in fingers or a hair in the neck it can cut the fingers and also the neck. Likewise, your misuse of the pen can be harmful to the nation. Your free speech is toxic because it is false and spreading the falsehood can create riots. Please use your time wisely writing fiction. Th reality is different and is not fiction. Politics and governance are not fiction and your advice is misguided. to the semi-illiterate masses.

[@rajadhirajmaharaj]

@Ramesh_Joshi *How's the josh* Spell EID backwards. Ya that, you do that.

[@sdakshin1]

she aint any dreamer... she sells her mother (land) to make her living... no good has come out her... she is a harbinger...

[@marksbala2718]

women are being sterilized forcibly in India? she is really having delutions .

[@extramiles3831]

+marks bala Madhya Pradesh, more than 15 women died 2-3 months ago because of it

[@marksbala2718]

+VIVEK SINGH she said women were sterilized forcibly in india.. and she was saying, govt is doing that...yes its really sad when things like this happens but its some people who do that. not whole country is doing tjat

[@extramiles3831]

well, then when will you criticize a government? when 1 girl is raped by a juvenile ? how can you even defend government if a sterilized camp fails, people lost their life, some lost their eyes and no action took place, the best way to remove poverty is just remove poor women.

[@marksbala2718]

+VIVEK SINGH she said in a foreign news that women are being forcibly sterilized in India ....those women who came to the camp were not forced..and yes it was the time of emergency when force was applied......when she says things like this she means in India there is no democracy and I think that is her delution... and it is really sad that those women died .. she can say any thing about any government but she says wrong about Indian democracy she should give proof

[@marksbala2718]

+VIVEK SINGH and I am not defending any government ....I am defending the soul of India which is its democracy and constitution

[@parthap2944]

This psycho woman justifies 9/11

[@sarabpreetsingh9400]

lol! is this a joke? under what capacity is she commenting on economic policies ? if just sitting there and talking about random things and figures without knowledge of any statistical data and then what is the point ? such a fall for BBC

[@chirasreeroy9018]

Who the hell you to Roy ?

[@akashdhar4499]

Arundhati roy, so ur ashamed of being an indian?

[@mayankuniyal6888]

+Amith Belur I'm more concerned with what is she doing about it. Enough with these pseudo intellectuals. We need realists who are making a tangible contribution. Poverty, corruption etc exists in every developing nation it's not unique to India. We have a large population and people of different faiths of course there will be internal issues. I don't need hippies like her to teach me what's working and what's not

[@acridotherestristis]

+Mayank Uniyal You little boy! You listen only to your Mummy.... don't you?

[@danielhitesman4868]

+Mayank Uniyal you're literally the "pseudo-intellectual" you hate tho....roy is infinitely more realistic and productive in exposing and offering solutions for the issues addressed, but you, out of some unfounded hate, that i would imagine comes from some form of insecurity paired with a comfortable life you aren't willing to give up, regress to using a straw man arguments and ad hominem to diverge away from your own inadequacy on the subject

[@Anonymes108]

+Daniel Hitesman even Arundhati is living a comfortable life.. just pointing the problems that everyone Knows is not going to solve them... why not give some good solutions, or more over fight a election, get elected and use the power to rectify atleast few of the problems...

[@kanganajokerranaut667]

Don't confuse indian state with indian people

[@drno2012]

just vocabulary jugglery, she just does not have answer to the statistics. what a sick person. only negativity

[@rajadhirajmaharaj]

@drno2012 tHankYooCumamAgeN!