Arundhati Roy
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'Venomous, anti-Hindu': Arundhati Roy faces flak for claiming India has 'waged war' on its citizens
India | Sep 16, 2025, 12:21 PM ISTArundhati Roy claimed that India has "perpetually waged war" on its own citizens since independence, and that Pakistan never deployed its army against its own people.
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Delhi Lt Governor Saxena grants prosecution of author Arundhati Roy under UAPA
Delhi | Jun 14, 2024, 07:51 PM ISTArundhati Roy had allegedly made provocative speeches at a conference organised under the banner of 'Azadi - The Only Way' on October 21, 2010, at LTG Auditorium, Copernicus Marg.
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Delhi LG sanctions prosecution of Arundhati Roy for propagating 'separation of Kashmir from India'
Delhi | Oct 10, 2023, 05:55 PM ISTKashmiri social activist Sushil Pandit had filed a complaint in 2010 alleging that various speakers delivered "provocative speeches" in public in a conference in which the "separation of Kashmir from India" was discussed and propagated.
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From Disha Ravi to Arundhati, Supreme Court sedition law stay to impact several high-profile cases
India | May 11, 2022, 07:18 PM ISTAccording to a National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, a total of 356 cases of sedition were registered and 548 people arrested between 2015 and 2020, out of which only six were convicted.
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'India of today' like a plane flying backwards, headed for a crash: Arundhati Roy
India | May 05, 2022, 03:08 PM ISTArundhati Roy was speaking on Wednesday at the launch of the book "Why do you fear my way so much?", a selection of poems and letters by jailed human rights activist GN Saibaba.
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Efforts being made to normalise Islamophobia: Arundhati Roy
India | Jan 24, 2020, 02:55 PM ISTDrawing a parallel between Nazi Germany and present-day India, author-activist Arundhati Roy said she was happy to see that students have come out on the streets in large numbers to protest against the governments "divisive" citizenship law and proposed nationwide NRC.
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Police complaint against Arundhati Roy over her speech at Delhi University
India | Dec 27, 2019, 11:06 AM ISTOn December 25, in yet another shocking move that has become a signature style of Arundhati Roy, she had urged Indians to 'lie' during census over NPR or give "fake names and addresses".
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NPR will serve as database for NRC, furnish wrong names and addresses: Arundhati Roy
India | Dec 25, 2019, 08:39 PM ISTAuthor-activist Arundhati Roy on Wednesday claimed that the National Population Register (NPR) will serve as a database for the NRC and asked people to oppose the former by furnishing wrong names and addresses.
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Arundhati Roy launches Hindi, Urdu editions of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Books & Culture | Jan 10, 2019, 05:27 PM ISTLatest books trends: At New Delhi World Book Fair, novelist Arundhati Roy launched the Hindi and Urdu editions of her book The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.
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'Furious' Pakistan invokes Arundhati Roy to attack Sushma Swaraj's speech at UN General Assembly
World | Sep 24, 2017, 10:41 AM ISTIn her address earlier in the day, Swaraj said Pakistan was only interested in fighting India and sponsoring state terrorism.
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Indian author Arundhati Roy nominated in Man Booker Prize List 2017 for ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’
Books & Culture | Aug 03, 2017, 03:30 PM ISTArundhati Roy is the only author on the list to have already won the UK’s most prestigious literary prize.
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Twitter row: Shiv Sena backs Paresh Rawal, slams author Arundhati Roy
India | May 25, 2017, 03:42 PM ISTThe Shiva Sena backed Paresh Rawal while heavily slamming Indian author Arundhati Roy
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Disrespect for any woman should be thought over again: BJP’s Shaina NC on Rawal’s tweet targeting Arundhati Roy
National | May 24, 2017, 04:51 PM ISTA day after a tweet by actor-politician and BJP MP Paresh Rawal kicked up a storm on social media when he suggested that noted author Arundhati Roy be tied to the Army jeep instead of stone-pelters, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shaina NC today
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Paresh Rawal deletes tweet on Arundhati Roy
Bollywood | May 24, 2017, 04:37 PM ISTBollywood actor and BJP MP Paresh Rawal has deleted his controversial tweet suggesting that instead of a Kashmiri stone-pelter, author Arundhati Roy should be tied to an Army jeep.
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Swamy defends Paresh Rawal’s tweet on Arundhati, says ‘stone pelters would love to hit her’
National | May 23, 2017, 07:48 AM ISTSubramanian Swamy has come out in support of Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal who sparked controversy with his tweet saying that the Army should “tie” author Arundhati Roy to an army jeep instead of tying a “stone pelter”
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Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly mulls inviting Arundhati Roy to address House on Kashmir issue
World | Sep 02, 2016, 01:11 PM ISTPakistan’s Punjab Assembly is reportedly considering to inviting Indian novelist and rights activist Arundhati Roy to address the assembly members on ‘atrocities’ in Kashmir by Indian authorities.
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Arundhati Roy accuses NDA govt 'promoting Brahmanism' in the name of 'Hindu Rashtravad'
National | Nov 29, 2015, 09:13 AM ISTPune: Noted author Arundhati Roy on Saturday alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government was "promoting Brahmanism" in the name of "Hindu Rashtravad", and word like "intolerance" is inadequate to describe the "fear" in which the
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Why doesn't Arundhati Roy give up Man Booker? asks Anupam Kher
India | Nov 13, 2015, 06:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Barely a week after spearheading a 'March for India' against writers returning awards, actor Anupam Kher launched an attack on writer Arundhati Roy, saying that she should give up her Booker Prize rather
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Arundhati Roy is not 'even an Indian', says Anupam Kher
India | Nov 06, 2015, 05:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Veteran actor Anupam Kher today launched a scathing attack on writer Arundhati Roy for returning her National Award and speaking on ‘rising intolerance' in India. The actor has been quite vocal against those