‘Cockroach stir stripped Modi’s carefully confected image’: Arundhati Roy

Award-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy says the ongoing protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government – mainly led by the satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) – have stripped the right-wing Hindu nationalist leader of his “carefully confected image” propped up by India’s corporate-owned news channels and the governing Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) control over social media.Speaking with Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan on a range of issues, including the Gen Z-led antigovernment protests and allegations of vote theft against Modi’s government, the 64-year-old Booker Prize-winning writer says she hopes the political climate in the world’s most populous democracy is about to change.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘If I didn’t write what moved me, it’d be like putting myself in prison’list 2 of 4Arundhati Roy ‘shocked’ by jury’s Gaza remarks, quits Berlin film festivallist 3 of 4Why does India hate Arundhati Roy?list 4 of 4India’s ‘million mutinies’ are puncturing Modi’s aura of invincibilityend of list“I do feel that something is boiling just under the surface. Something is going to happen,” she said. “The emperor has been called out, and he has lost his power....