Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. Arundhati Roy’s mother, Mary Roy, educator and fierce advocate of women’s rights, was her “shelter and her storm.” In her memoir, which shows ...

In her new book, the acclaimed author Arundhati Roy grapples with her complex relationship with her late mother, Mary Roy, a woman who she says "raged against the idea of motherhood." "She told me ...

Mother Mary Comes to Me begins with Roy’s childhood, in which she recounts moving from Assam, India, to the hill station town of Ooty, and later to Kerala, where her mother eventually set up a school.