Arundhati Roy, An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire (2005), p. 48

While, legally and constitutionally, speech may be free, the space in which that freedom can be exercised has been snatched from us and auctioned to the highest bidders.

— Arundhati Roy on Freedom of speech

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Arundhati Roy

About Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian writer and social activist