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  24 writers, filmmakers return National Awards over 'intolerance'

  Bollywood | November 05, 2015 21:21 IST

  Mumbai: In a collective move to draw the government's attention to their fears that the country's "robust democracy might be coming apart", 24 filmmakers and writers, including Arundhati Roy, Saeed Mirza and Kundan Shah, on

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  5 Most Controversial Indian Writers

  Lifestyle | August 10, 2015 20:48 IST

  Ernest Hemingway, the well-known author, once said, “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”As far as writing is concerned, maybe this is what all writers follow.

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  BJP, RSS using Ambedkar's ideas to justify Ghar Wapsi: Arundhati Roy

  India | April 30, 2015 7:07 IST

  New Delhi: Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy has accused BJP and RSS of using the ideas of B R Ambedkar to justify 'ghar wapsi' campaign, which she claimed was based on politics rather than religion.Roy

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  Mahatma Gandhi was country's first 'corporate agent': Arundhati Roy

  India | March 22, 2015 7:39 IST

  Gorakhpur: Renowned Indian writer and activist, Arundhati Roy, stroked a controversy yesterday when she called Mahatma Gandhi a 'corporate agent'."Mahatma Gandhi was the first corporate sponsored NGO of this country," she was quoted as saying

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  Police seek video of Arundhati Roy's controversial speech

  India | August 02, 2014 16:57 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Police have sought the video of writer and activist Arundhati Roy's controversial speech at Kerala University last month following a complaint.  City Police Commissioner H Venkatesh has asked the university authorities to provide the

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  Arundhati Roy says, India now has a democratically elected 'totalitarian' government

  India | May 23, 2014 14:38 IST

  New Delhi: Indian writer with known pro-Maoist links, Arundhati Roy has said that India now has a “democratically elected totalitarian government”.Speaking to Pakistani newspaper Dawn reporter Tahir Mehdi, Roy said: “Now, we have a democratically

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  Don't fall into the trap of Modi or Rahul, says Arundhati Roy

  Politics | November 18, 2013 9:29 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Controversial author and activist Arundhati Roy  has asked voters not to fall into the trap of either Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi. Speaking to reporters here on Sunday on the sidelines of an event, Roy

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  Team Anna Advocating Un-Gandhian Law , Says Arundhati Roy

  India | January 21, 2012 12:29 IST

  Mumbai, Jan 21: Stating that the anti-corruption agitation by Team Anna is a “corporate-sponsored media campaign”, writer Arundhati Roy on Friday said that the law (Lokpal) they are advocating is “un-Gandhian”.  Roy also criticised Team

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  PIL Filed Against Arundhati Roy In JK High Court

  India | November 23, 2011 11:36 IST

  Jammu, Nov 23: A PIL was filed on Tuesday in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking action against activist and author Arundhati Roy for her reported remarks advocating right of self-determination for the people

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  Anna Movement Seems Part Of A Copybook World Bank Agenda, Says Arundhati Roy

  India | August 30, 2011 21:26 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 30: Booker Prize winning writer Arundhati Roy on Tuesday cast doubts over Anna Hazare's anti-graft campaign saying the civil society's Jan Lokpal Bill is a “dangerous piece of legislation”. “I am skeptical

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  Arundhati Roy Blasts Anna Hazare

  India | August 22, 2011 17:54 IST

  New Delhi, August 22: Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy launched a scathing attack on Monday on the "aggressive nationalism" behind the anti-corruption drive led by hunger-striking campaigner Anna Hazare.In a column entitled "I'd rather not

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  RSS Activists Show Black Flags to Arundhati Roy In Orissa, 5 Injured In Clash

  India | November 21, 2010 19:48 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Nov 21 : At least five people were injured today in a clash between Sangh Parivar activists and organisers of a meeting here, when the saffron brigade opposed the presence of writer Arundhati Roy

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  Govt Not To File Case Against Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Arundhati Roy

  India | October 28, 2010 21:03 IST

  The government today decided not to file any case against hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and activist Arundhati Roy for purportedly giving "hate speeches" at a seminar held here last week. The

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  Demand For Arresting Geelani, Arundhati Childish, Says JD-U

  Politics | October 27, 2010 14:02 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 27 :  In a veiled attack on BJP, JD(U) today said a demand for action against hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and writer Arundhati Roy for their speech on Kashmir

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  Do Not Give Much Importance To Arundhati's Remarks, Says Congress

  Politics | October 27, 2010 11:55 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 27:  Congress on Tuesday refused to attach much importance to the views of author Arundhati Roy on Kashmir, saying it was "erroneous" to do so as she was not in the political

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  Cong Asks Arundhati Roy To Withdraw Kashmir Statement

  India | October 25, 2010 19:57 IST

  Allahabad : A senior Congress leader on Monday asked noted writer and activist Arundhati Roy to withdraw her statement on Kashmir , saying it was "contrary to historical facts" and could mislead the nation and

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  Kashmir Was Never Integral Part Of India: Arundhati

  India | October 25, 2010 8:20 IST

  Activist Arundhati Roy, who created a controversy by questioning Jammu and Kashmir's accession to the Union, on Sunday said the State was never an integral part of India.“Kashmir has never been an integral part of