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India sending unemployed poor to Israel: Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy reveals India sending unemployed to Israel amid conflict, urging action for Gaza, as Indians for Palestine demand change.

The Hindu

Country faces serious threat from inside: Arundhati Roy

The people of the country are facing a serious threat, according to writer-activist Arundhati Roy. She was speaking after receiving the third P.Govinda Pillai memorial national award instituted by the PG Samskrithi Kendram to perpetuate the memory of Marxist ideologue P. Govinda Pillai.

The Hindu

Journalists in Gaza deserve protection — not death

Fifty-three journalists have been killed in the Middle East since Oct. 7, including 46 Palestinians, four Israelis and three Lebanese, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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KLF seventh edition from January 11

KLF 2024, held on Kozhikode beach, will feature Nobel laureates, Booker Prize winners, literary luminaries, media personalities, and celebrities. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the event, with Turkey as guest country of honour. Speakers include Arundhati Roy, Mallika Sarabhai, Shashi Tharoor, Piyush Pandey, and more. Concerts by T.M. Krishna,…

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Geopolitical chess game: Why India has no interest in serving as a western pawn

Canada’s deepening divide with India following its accusation that the Indian government was responsible for the murder of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar has revealed a cynical truth: the West’s interest in democracy and rules-based international order is largely empty rhetoric.

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Arundhati Roy is being hounded by the Indian state. This is a test case for its democracy

That the author could be prosecuted for comments made 13 years ago is absurd – but also a deadly threat to freedom of speech, asks poet Meena Kandasamy

The Guardian - UK

UAPA, financial regulations being misused to target scribes, activists, say international rights groups

The 12 human rights groups charged Indian authorities with carrying out an “escalating crackdown” on media and civil society since the Narendra Modi-led government came to power in 2014

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Celebrated novelist Arundhati Roy faces prosecution in India – for a speech she gave in 2010

Booker Prize-winning writer Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things, has been charged, along with retired law professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain, for allegedly seditious comments supporting the separation of Kashmir from India.

The Conversation

Vendetta without limit: On the resurrection of an old case against Arundhati Roy

The revival of a 13-year-old case betrays intolerance and follows a pattern of vendetta against the state’s perceived civil society antagonists and outspoken critics

The Hindu

Regime of Delhi LG, his masters has no place for tolerance: Chidambaram on approval to prosecute Arundhati Roy

P. Chidambaram slams Delhi LG's move to prosecute Arundhati Roy in 2010 case, saying there's no justification for it. He stands by free speech & against colonial law of sedition.

The Hindu

Indian author Arundhati Roy may face prosecution for 2010 speech on Kashmir

Delhi gov’t approves for case to proceed before courts for speech allegedly advocating Kashmir’s secession from India.

Al Jazeera

Delhi LG approves prosecution of Arundhati Roy, Kashmir professor in 2010 ‘provocative speeches’ case

LG Saxena grants sanction to prosecute Arundhati Roy and former Kashmiri professor for alleged provocative speeches in 2010. FIR registered following Court of Metropolitan Magistrate orders. Offences include promoting enmity, imputations prejudicial to national-integration, and public mischief. Complaint filed by social activist from Kashmir for Separation of Kashmir from India.

The Hindu

NewsClick raids | Media bodies write to CJI, call for norms on interrogation of journalists

Dozens of media orgs urge CJI to intervene in raids against NewsClick. Protestors demand accountability of State agencies & officers who overstep the law. Letter to CJI requests norms to discourage seizure of journalists’ phones & laptops & guidelines for interrogation. #PressFreedom

The Hindu

Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram refuses consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against DMK leader R.S. Bharathi

AG refuses to grant consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against DMK's R.S. Bharathi for criticizing HC judge's suo motu revision. AG cites SC's verdicts in Baradakanta Mishra & Arundhati Roy cases, stating fair criticism of judicial act not contempt.

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Al Jazeera

Arundhati Roy: ‘Biden, Macron know what’s going on in India but won’t talk’

From her New Delhi home, acclaimed Indian writer and activist talks about G20 summit and state of India’s minorities.

The Hindu

Cultural gathering in Kozhikode to seek release of ‘GROW’ Vasu

Activists, artists, singers to gather at Pottammal to demand that the government drop case against Vasu when he is produced in court on Friday. Writers Arundhati Roy and K.G. Sankarapillai seek his release.

The Hindu

Indian women’s blind football team set to leave for IBSA World Games

The Indian women’s blind football team is all set to participate in the eight-team IBSA World Games set to get under way at the University of Birmingham from August 14 to 21. When India takes on Austria in the first match on August 14, history will be made as an…

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Country is burning; It is ethnic cleansing in Manipur: Arundhati Roy

She was in Thrissur on Sunday to receive the Navamalayali Cultural Prize instituted by Navamalayali Magazine at Kerala Sahitya Akademi Hall.

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The Times of India

Arundhati Roy awarded 45th European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement

Writer-activist Arundhati Roy has been awarded the prestigious 45th European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement for the French translation of her book 'Azadi'. The news was announced recently by the Charles Veillon Foundation.

The Hindu

Writer Arundhati Roy receives European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement

Writer Arundhati Roy has been awarded the 45th European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement, the Charles Veillon Foundation has announced.

The Hindu

Navamalayali Cultural prize for Arundhati Roy

Eminent writer Arundhati Roy has been selected for the fifth Navamalayali Cultural prize instituted by the online magazine Navamalayali.

The Hindu

Frontline has a robust presence, an extraordinarily loyal audience: Malini Parthasarathy

The redesign is to ensure that the magazine continues to hold the imagination of its readers.

The Conversation

How linguistic diversity in English-language fiction reveals resistance and tension

Linguistic diversity, like other types of diversity, can enrich life. It’s a truism that languages and cultures are closely allied. Some believe that language imposes its own unique perceptual grid on its users.

The Guardian - UK

Western countries stay silent as India cracks down on democracy

Letter: Rajendra Kumar Kale responds to an article by Arundhati Roy on how Narendra Modi’s violent nationalism is underwritten by big business

The Independent UK

Book award finalists are 'debut novelists' in name only

Three of this year's fiction finalists for the National Book Awards are first-time novelists, at least officially

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