In a country like India, the British were only able to rule the country because it had completely co-opted the elite of the country, who did their work for them.
Arundhati RoyWhen people say "the people" or "the public" as though it's the final repository of all morality, I sometimes flinch.
Arundhati RoyI am a Maoist sympathiser. I'm not a Maoist ideologue, because the communist movements in history have been just as destructive as capitalism.
Arundhati RoyCage the People, Free the Money. The only thing that is allowed to move freely - unimpeded - around the world today is money... capital.
Arundhati RoyWhen you think of how much violence, how much blood... how much has been destroyed to create the great nations, America, Australia, Britain, Germany, France, Belgium - even India, Pakistan. Having destroyed so much to make them, we must have nuclear weapons to protect them - and climate change to hold up their way of life... a two-pronged annihilation project.
Arundhati Roy