&ldquo;Sometimes I feel that I&rsquo;m not going to write again,&rdquo; says Arundhati Roy, &ldquo;but then it becomes harder to keep quiet than to write it.&rdquo; &nbsp; Few writers have bridged the personal and political as powerfully as Arundhati Roy. With her first memoir, fittingly titled&nbsp;<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mother-Mary-Comes-to-Me/Arundhati-Roy/9781668094716?fbclid=IwY2xjawMBsEtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFrZ2xUT3pOWms4eUM3SEttAR6GaMadyWPxi4Rl0Mm3SJr6TvrpPsaSDicRSJrl56o6IWPK5CqNZ_Pxj2wMBQ_aem_6gGFPwk92t7C09iLVgKRkA">Mother Mary Comes to Me</a>, she turns to her turbulent relationship with her late mother, Mary Roy, a pioneering feminist who reshaped Indian law. &nbsp; Act I: Let It Be &nbsp; We begin with the imagery that animates the new book (4:10), her tumultuous household growing up (10:00), and how she sifted through those memories while writing The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (15:40). &nbsp; Act II: She&rsquo;s Leaving Home &nbsp; Roy reflects on her mother&rsquo;s impact as a teacher (22:00), navigating her severe asthma as a child (24:30), and the moment she ultimately left home (27:20) for architecture school where she worked on film sets (30:00) and discovered The Beatles.&nbsp; &nbsp; Act III: Revolution&nbsp; &nbsp; Then, finally, how her writing sprung from her past (32:00), the political attacks that followed the success of her debut novel (35:00), bearing witness in the age of authoritarianism (41:00), and the timeliness of her 1998 essay The End of Imagination (1:01:00). &nbsp; &nbsp; Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at talkeasypod@gmail.com.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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