Arundhati Roy

[LaliSJamwal]

A brilliant lady indeed! Privately she told a friend that she believes that the whole of Jammu and Kashmir State belong legally to India. She talks big this is to get mileage.

Recently she mentioned to a friend that she will try to liberate Tibet and Muslim areas from China. Since China is very close to Israel thus for the first time the Jewish lobby is angry on her. At the end of the day this lady is frustrated.

[toseeornot2see]

What I love about her and Howard Zinn is that they are both very simple people and despite lacking the intellectual caliber of Chomsky, or a number of other intellectuals, tell things the way they are.

[kennegun]

I like the detergent analogy.

[nitsabes]

next Nobel prize in waiting.

[givebirthathome]

@nitsabes If they gave Nobel prizes to the people who deserved them...

[goknur1977]

Woooooow, I was spellbound! She is fantastically inspiring! Spread the word......

[fornofsky]

She is so right the ennemy is neo liberalism and globalizationwhich destroy our ways of life ...

[burningambition254]

i don't like her..she supports maoists;she is arrogant and preoccupied with hatred towards Indian govt and various religions...she's an atheist and she particularly dislikes hindus..she thinks that kashmir should be seperated from India..she's growing dumber with age;For a country as large as ours;with so many religions,languages,cultural,e­conomical differences..there are bound to be certain problems..but we will grow stronger as time passes..people like her are doing more harm than good

[HawkEyeBlue]

@burningambition254

I am laughing my ass off after reading your comments and you know why ?

you hate her for all those things for which she is been admired world over. who who is dumb or dumber :)

[levinat619]

@HawkEyeBlue The world will applause her because they doesn't know the history and truth behind Kashmir.They gave her awards for bashing communists in India.Most of her movement against some political issues are immature and nonsense.I am not saying this because i hate her but i just saying this because i wanted to say this.

[Triptab]

Arundhuti Roy shows greatness and the question is she genuinely great? The litmus test for her is to proceed to Communist China and help liberate Tibet and Kashgar where Communist Chinese are busy killing Buddhists and Muslims while the friends of Arundhuti abroad are looking the other way. If she succeeds in achieving this she can then put pressure on Pakistan to return POK back to her legitimate owners that is India.

[EricJohnson40]

@Triptab With due respect is it not time for us to leave our theatre seats and advice on head on over to the front lines with her? :-)

[docrine]

"POK back to her legitimate owners that is India"? Well I am not saying that you are wrong, but it might be a good idea if you looked at the history of that place. You definitely a point here but it is important to be objective and impartial.

[junjinho1]

she's beautiful

[Soymilllk]

shes so hot

[KarthikSoun]

People like her never talk about the other side of the coin!! She supports Kashmir independence does that mean she also supports the mindset of not wanting to live in a secular society and she rather support the hand of puretarian islamic ideologies?

[feroluce]

I think the idea behind this is not what the politicians would have to throw in the faces of voters if it was a non-issue.

No one knows why Kashmir is an issue. What does the common man stand to gain from it staying as a part of India? What sureity exists that puritarian Islam would not be practised even if it were? If being a part of India ensured freedom from religious fundamentalism, then it would be free of all religious fundamentalism, which is isn't.

[TheyFeedingULies]

Not just one of the brightest and most insightful women ever, but in general (man or woman). Roy is so brave that she is willing to really look at injustice and tell it how it is without vested interest. It's always those who have vested interest in the establishment that always clouds the arguement. "The Checkbook and Cruise Missile" is one of the greatest books I've ever read.

[alps112001]

She is a gift to India, we need many more people like her in India.

[kkmalay]

That last minute had me in tears, she is the voice of reason and truth, I now know how I can raise my children in this world.

[djcarlito]

happy birthday to Arundhati Roy!

[kazzywhite21]

Heyya all,

She is one of the best!! She is also married 2 my uncle so she is my auntie she is a really lovely person!!!! Luv her 2 bits!!!! X :-)

[NFLmoments]

I have recently been reading a god of small things by Arundhati Roy and it is admirational , the intellectual detail and depths of understanding of the english language which she pursues as a second language. I'am taken a back by her imaginative skills, she weaves sentences together with a thread a litaral words which evoke you to contomplate and reflect.

a highly comendable and respected woman

[DesiHumanist]

She HOT !! She is an Intellectual !! What else could you want in a woman. Love they way she speaks. Love HER !!

[lordmonty01]

a poetic and musical voice of truth.powerfull and moving

[FaizRahmathulla]

I love her theory. I love her voice

But has it achived somthing....?

[desertrose277]

does it absolutely have to? she's paving the way. that in itself is a beginning...

[gamma235]

If she has changed your mind, or made you want to be a better person, she has accomplished a lot, wouldn't you say? And if she has changed many people's minds, like mine and the people in this thread for instance, then I'd say she's started a chain-reaction of achievement.

[advityat]

@FaizRahmathulla. A booker prize and acclaim. Nothing for the people she supposedly talks about. Sadly big words without concrete physical action amounts to very little. She is in a position to do a lot more than she actually does. Some may argue that her voicing these opinions itself is a big redeeming factor. But i dont agree. She needs to show a lot more in terms of actual action!!

[belinstall]

@advityat there is none even close to what she is doing and what she is accomplishing . . who are you comparing with sir?

[mandakas30]

She is the voice of truth

[kaleexto]

and there was a time where i thought truths voice would be somehow ugly yet liberating.. how wrong i was... shes just beautiful...

[Belson1978]

She is truly "The voice of the Voiceless!"

[DesiHumanist]

She truly is. It is so difficult to find Indians in America who care about human rights. Most of them just care about money.

[Freethisearth]

She truly is "A Voice for the Voiceless" and a Voice of Truth! Hopefully people will listen to her words and do something as well, peacefully of course. We need to value human life above all else, and do what we can to help the many not just the few. Try to support the small business owners, local farmers, etc. The large corporations have too much power in the world and will only change when it hurts their pockets.

[laptop2012]

I LOVE HER ! :D

[kashsoldier]

her preachings are only for others !! in 2003, she and her husband were charged for building a house in a tribal area without permission.

[untilhowlong]

tht's all is Govenmnet game.

[ssanagav]

maligning personalities is a very common way of trying to win arguments without reasoning

[shaunadams]

kashsoldier: Which is precisely what she is preaching (explaining) here! To stand against the "system" that oppresses by phony and unjust "regulations".

[ale8966]

love her clear, simple, yet so deep words. Amazing woman. I'm with her, let's turn globalisation in our favour instead of being sucked by it.

on this subject would like to direct anyone to Terence McKenna's video titled 'reclaim your mind'. Different subjects, same core message.

[tehmushroom]

First person I know with reference to Terrance on a political video!

[FcukBsuh]

Amazing speaker and fantastic activist...Come September and Imperial Democracy are must listen speeches!

[5bye7]

my english teacher made us listen to this ladies "come september". In my opinion, she deserves no applause, and i'm being civil.

[Dayepipes]

You might explain.

[abfabbum]

of course it's your opinion. Who else's opinion would you be stating? 5bye7, you're an idiot. And I'm being civil.

[raazs35]

the english you speak is not the english of the world.

[michaeljze]

What a gift from God this gorgeous woman is. She is genuine and committed to making a difference.

Why can't we have more people like this in the world.

[muniruddin]

we're very proud of you.

[sohamhar]

bravo, what a prophetic tone, the jewl of humanity i fear they soon snatch you away from us as they did to Benazir. May you live long and longer than the lucifer the cursed

[lightkeeper3]

Like Benazir?!!!!!!!?? WTF are you on??? That you even make the comparison is shameful.

One stole over a billion dollars from her own people (while pretending to be a great democratizer to the West), while the other is the most eloquent speaker of truth to power that I have heard. The two have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with each other.

[kanonpillz]

lightkeeper -- u are so right some people are on crack and cant even tell truth from bullshit

[mikethescribe]

It's time to let the globalists know that we're not going to let them cram us into their rat maze anymore. We will no longer submit to their agenda of dehumanization and disenfranchisement. I want freedom, and more of it--not tyranny, and that's what you should want too. It's up to each and everyone of us to use our creativity, our enegy, and our burning desire for freedom to show Slavery Incorporated that the dynamic human spirit of the Twenty-first Century refuses to submit.

[fashaikh1]

the best part about arundhati roy is that her words are understandable even to an ordinary person. Her eloquent style is sophisticated and yet meaningful. Her thoughts exhibit immense clarity that makes one listen to her almost endlessly even if politics is not one's main interest.

[adeart72]

where can i get this full speech...she's brilliant

[ssahaisaurabh]

The coolest gal I have ever come across

[photofu]

proctor and gamble own me too...this is good...thoughtful...thanx...

[mylastdegree]

Excellent spot! I will use this with my students in reading Roy's other discussions!

[plushsnail]

Roy rules. "Do Turkeys Enjoy Thanksgiving?" is one of the best essays I've ever read.

[UTBTD1]

Free Jammu! Stop economic imperialism!

[lpsling]

Arundhati Roy tells it like it T..I..S. The most eloquent spokesman of our time!

[NYCBG]

Mrs. Roy, I loved your "God of Small Things". Between the two, I think that you should shun political activism and concentrate more on the writing. We need bright authors like you!

[offwithitshead]

.... you can not be serious? why would you ever suggest someone shun political activism?

[blkshprd]

I agree. Respectfully, I find it stunning that someone would suggest that she stick to fiction while the world is in the state that it is in.

[zzznnnnn]

Fiction is more important. Imagination is more valuable than reality.

[iammasterlion]

she is a fiction writer. and the world is in a state of fiction right now. so she is sticking to her job and doing it well.

[ravurik71]

Very good one! She makes lot of sense

[quebabe39]

I Just love Arundhati Roy she is so very cool.:) Thanks for posting this video.

[nahajnarmi]

The first thing comes to my mind abt Arundhuti Roy is that she is a truely beautiful lady from both inner and outer sides.

[cut3wolf]

no one can ever be so politically correct!

[looker768]

Picking between detergents....great analogy. I really have felt that.

[purweli]

Her perspectives are highly intellectual, outstanding and would love to here more from her.

[damianjb1]

Thanks for posting. I think she's one of the most important thinkers in the world today. And so utterly charming.

[lawforever]

She is awesome chick! I think she is smart and too hot!

[moorooduc]

thanx for uploading this video

[JoanWalkerWasylyk]

More!

[timetripping]

thank you for this video

[bbmusicklip]

She is an amazing person with a great perspective

[WeRoy]

Great video! Nice to see more Arundhati stuff here on YouTube. Visit weroy.org for a whole documentary based on her Come September speech. Clips of it are here on YouTube as well.