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flag Author Arundhati Roy debuted her memoir in Kathmandu amid a legal victory in India over its controversial cover.

flag Acclaimed Indian author Arundhati Roy signed copies of her memoir *Mother Mary Comes to Me* in Kathmandu on December 7, 2025, marking her first public event for the book. flag The memoir, her first non-fiction work in over two decades and a tribute to her mother, has been named one of the year’s best by *The New York Times Book Review*. flag The book faced a legal challenge in India over its cover image showing Roy smoking, but on December 5, India’s Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking a ban, ruling the image was not commercial advertising and did not violate tobacco laws, upholding a prior Kerala High Court decision.

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