In January 2006, she was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, a national award from India's Academy of Letters, for her collection of essays on contemporary issues, The Algebra of Infinite Justice, but she declined to accept it "in protest against the Indian Government toeing the US line by 'violently and ruthlessly pursuing policies of brutalisation of industrial workers, increasing militarisation and economic neo-liberalisation."Sahitya Akademi Award: Arundhati Roy Rejects Honor", Deccan Herald, 16 January 2006. . .
In January 2006, she was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, a national award from India's Academy of Letters, for !her collection of essays on contemporary issues, The Algebra of Infinite Justice, but she declined to accept it "in protest against the Indian Government toeing the US line by 'violently and ruthlessly pursuing policies of brutalisation of industrial workers, increasing militarisation and economic neo-liberalisation."Sahitya Akademi Award: Arundhati Roy Rejects Honor", Deccan Herald, 16 January 2006. . .