Prizewinning author Roy a rebel for all causes

Prizewinning author Roy a rebel for all causes

NEW DELHI, India - Award-winning Indian author and activist Arundathi Roy speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at her home in Delhi. Her first novel, ''The God of Small Things,'' won her Britain's prestigious Booker Prize in 1997 and put Indian writing firmly on the world map.

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