Never wallow in victimhood, Roy advises writers

"Never think you are a victim. If you think so, then your enemy will be happy. If you don't, your enemy will be afraid and will even be fascinated by you. That is feminism for me,'' said Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy.

The writer was taking part in a discussion on `Problems of women in contemporary society and role of women writers' organised by the Prajaswamika Rachayitrula Vedika at a programme in Hyderabad on Sunday, July 11.

``Being a victim is a mind set. Some consider themselves to be victims without any problem but some don't despite having a lot of problems. If you feel humiliated, your enemy will be happy,'' she explained.

Professional feminists who organise themselves into NGOs usually don't object to construction of dams, mining and displacement where women are the most sufferers. Be it the Narmada valley or Bastar, the sufferers are mainly women. Because they like to see women in suffering, she said. "I am a badmash kind. I ask something, provoke and make people think. Instead of coming up with boring tracts, do things that make you excited,'' she advised women writers.

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