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Booker-winning author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted under anti-terror laws in India

Roy faces charges over a speech she gave about Kashmir in 2010

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2024

The Architecture of Modern Empire by Arundhati Roy review – two decades of fire

Arundhati Roy is as stringent in her criticism of India’s social injustices as she is of the self-absorbed west in this wide-ranging collection of interviews

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024

Delhi L-G grants nod to prosecute Arundhati Roy in UAPA case

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has granted sanction to prosecute author Arundhati Roy under the UAPA for her alleged provocative speech at an event in 2010, according to PTI.

Newslaundry · Jun 14, 2024

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 · Dec 13, 2023

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 18, 2023

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,…

The Hindu · Oct 31, 2023

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.

The Conversation · Oct 29, 2023

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 · Oct 20, 2023

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

The Hindu · Oct 13, 2023

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 · Oct 13, 2023