I Do Not Have Much Hope From Indian Supreme Court: Arundhati Roy on CAA and NRC

December 26, 2019

Internationally acclaimed author Arundhati Roy has said that she does not have much hope from Indian Supreme Court regarding controversial "Citizenship Amendment Act" (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

#MeTooUrbanNaxal: Arundhati Roy

August 31, 2018

This morning’s papers (August 30 2018) settle something that we have been debating for a while. A front-page report in the Indian Express says “Police to Court: Those held part of anti-fascist plot to overthrow govt.” We should know by now that we are up against a regime that its own police call fascist.In the […]

Rights Activists Demand Unconditional Repeal of Draconian UAPA Law

August 30, 2018

Human Rights activists, lawyers, intellectuals and authors today condemned arrests of human rights activists including Gautam Navlakha, Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves and Varavara Rao, who were arrested by the Maharashtra Police on 28th August 2018.

SCI Stays Contempt Proceedings Against Arundhati Roy, Had Asked Her To Tender An Apology

July 4, 2017

As per the media reports emanating from Delhi the Supreme Court of India here on Monday for the time being dropped criminal contempt proceedings against

SCI Stays Contempt Proceedings Against Arundhati Roy, Had Asked Her To Tender An Apology

July 4, 2017

As per the media reports emanating from Delhi the Supreme Court of India here on Monday for the time being dropped criminal contempt proceedings against

‘We Have Digested, Held In Our Bellies So Much Violence That It Is Hard To Be Moral’: Arundhati Roy

June 2, 2017

On a late May afternoon, the maze of lanes around Jama Masjid is its usual swirl of orderly chaos, mildly exacerbated by a spot or two of unseasonal rain.

Hindutva: Film Actor Paresh Raval Wants Arundhati Roy to be tied before Army Jeep

May 22, 2017

Hindi films actor and a Member of Indian Parliament Paresh Rawal made a controversial statement over Twitter last nigh in which he said that instead of a stone pelter, eminent author, intellectual and political activist Arundhati Roy should be tied to an army jeep.

‘Intolerance’ Inadequate to Describe Fear Among Minorities: Arundhati Roy

December 1, 2015

Given the atmosphere in India, "intolerance" is an inadequate word to describe the "fears" under which minorities are living, author Arundhati Roy said in Pune on Saturday.