Arundhati Roy recalls her brilliant mother, both teacher and tyrant

Arundhati Roy recalls her brilliant mother, both teacher and tyrant

For as long as the Indian novelist, Booker Prize winner and activist Arundhati Roy can remember, her mother was — or pretended to be — dying. A chronic asthmatic with a flair for drama, Mary Roy kept her children in line by warning them that any misbehavior on their part might trigger a fatal attack...

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