A Quote by Arundhati Roy

In India, 100 of the richest people own assets worth 25% of the gross domestic product. There's something terribly wrong. No individual and no corporation should be allowed to amass that kind of unlimited wealth, including bestselling writers like myself, who are showered with royalties.

Arundhati Roy

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Arundhati Roy
Indian - Writer
Born: November 24, 1961

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Peter Drucker

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