This past January, the Santa Fe-based Lannan Foundation recently awarded Arundhati Roy the Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom. Arundhati decided to spread out the $350,000 prize money among 50 different Indian organizations, which is a wonderful gesture of support and solidarity with the struggle for the soul of India which is under threat from the twin evils of neoliberalism and fundamentalism.
Here's a link to the Lannan Foundation web site where you'll be able to find a copy of Arundhati's acceptance speech and the full length of her speech "Come September": Lannan Foundation.