by Amy Goodman | Dec 26, 2025 | Donald Trump, Feminism, Gaza, India, Interview, Narendra Modi
In this holiday special, we speak to the acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy on her new memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me. The book focuses on her mother Mary Roy and how Arundhati was shaped by her, both as a source of terror and of inspiration. We also talk to Arundhati about Gaza and the rise of authoritarianism from India to the United States. This is a rush transcript.
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by Meghnad Bose | Nov 14, 2025 | Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), BJP, Donald Trump, far right, Foreign Agents Registration Act, Hindu Nationalism, Hindu Supremacy, India, Lobbying, Narendra Modi, News, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India’s largest Hindu far-right organization, initiated a well-funded lobbying effort in the U.S. earlier this year, a Prism investigation has found. Prism is the first news outlet to report that Squire Patton Boggs, one of the top lobbying firms in the U.S., registered as a lobbyist on Jan. 16 for the RSS, according to lobbying disclosures.
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