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India will suffer what Kashmiris have gone through: Arundhati Roy
By News Desk Underscoring the need to punish the military and paramilitary forces for the heinous crimes they had allegedly committed in Kashmir, renowned writer and social activist Arundhati Roy Friday said Indians would suffer in future for what the people of Kashmir had gone through over last two decades.Roy accused India of not being [...]
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Arundhati Roy speaks out against Indian rape culture
The writer Arundhati Roy tells Channel 4 News she believes rape is used as a weapon in India and that women in the country are “paying the price”.
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Capitalism: A Ghost Story
Outlookindia.com | By Arundhati Roy Is it a house or a home? A temple to the new India, or a warehouse for its ghosts? Ever since Antilla arrived on Altamont Road in Mumbai, exuding mystery and quiet menace, things have not been the same. “Here we are,” the friend who took me there said, “Pay [...]
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Arundhati Roy Calls For End To Indian ‘Occupation’ Of Kashmir
By Ehsaan qazi Renowned Indian novelist and political activist, Arundhati Roy Friday called for the end of the Indian occupation of Kashmir. Arundhati Roy made a strong case for Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination before an American audience, with an impassioned call for an end to the brute Indian occupation of Kashmir. “I think that [...]
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Guru: A mere pawn in a sinister game?
By S Zafar Mehdi Safvi To hang or not to hang! The debate over barbarous capital punishment still lingers on. Many civil rights activists, lawyers, and liberal intellectuals have been arguing against it on humanitarian grounds for a while now. A potent argument against capital punishment is that it has no deterrence effect, with many [...]
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Love For Books
By Fahad Shah There are not many bookshops in Kashmir, though reading culture has seen surge for last some years. People of all age groups are getting attracted towards books, be it—fiction or non-fiction. Leaving the city aside rural areas are far away from book reading habits only due to lack of exposure, mostly [...]
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ACCESS DENIED
By Caelainn Hogan In the international media, the murder of Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad raised crucial concerns about the intimidation and targeting of journalists and political activists by the ISI in Pakistan. However, the detention and deportation of human rights advocate Gautam Navlakha from Kashmir has barely been mentioned. As Vaclav Havel argues, it is [...]
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Of New Age Gullivers
By Hilal Mir An article titled “In response to Mridu Rai” but aimed at, as the author says, exposing “the blatant irony in how leftist ideologues and journalists, from the convenience of their jobs and professional lives, cheer on the poor man’s son in Kashmir to his grave”, seems at cross purposes with itself. Anyways, [...]
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Freedom chants for Kashmir, Pandits react violently
By Fahad Shah Sitting in an auditorium on a clammy afternoon of end-October, an enthusiastic audience chanting pro-freedom slogans after each praises to the speakers was the scene in New Delhi on Thursday. Little Theatre Group auditorium in central city, just three kilometers away walking distance from the higher house of Indian government, Parliament house [...]
Arundhati Roy- An ambassador of peace
Arundhati Roy, the author and the activist. She resides at New Delhi. She has written many books like, ‘The God of Small Things’ (1997), ‘The Algebra of Infinite Justice’ (2001), ‘An Ordinary Persons Guide to Empire’ (2005), ‘The Shape of the Beast’ (2008), and many other non-fiction books are in her credit. She has also [...]
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