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Her remarks attracted criticism from the BJP leader, Arun Jaitley, that she was promoting secession of the Union of India, and that the central government was not acting on the issue and prosecuting Roy and others.[83].

arundhati roy rahul gandhi biography

Archived from the original[archive] on 4 April 2009. "The dark underbelly of state capitalism in India". ISBN 0-00-655068-1

Nonfiction

  • The End of Imagination. "We Are Not Like the Maoists: Medha Patkar"[archive].

    Roy is a cousin of prominent media personality Prannoy Roy, the head of the leading Indian TV media group NDTV.[4] She lives in Delhi.[2]

    Career

    Early career: screenplays

    Early in her career, Roy worked for television and movies.

    May 19, 2010.

  • ↑Walking With The Comrades[archive]. pp. 37–38.

    She landed in controversy by her public statement in favour of kashmiri seperatists *[3][archive][4][archive][5][archive]


    Economist and free trade advocate Jagdish Bhagwati, on being asked if he'd like his book being reviewed by Roy, said "her conclusions are far more obvious than her arguments and that makes it impossible to function.


    • In 2011, she received criticism for criticising Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign. Time. Daily Mail, UK. Even the Indian government has accepted this." For this statement, Roy was also brought up on charges of sedition by the Delhi Police. Later, she met her second husband, director Pradip Krishen, who sparked her interest in cinema.

    Retrieved 1 June 2017.

  • ↑Roy, Arundhati (23 October 2001). She was raised in a culturally diverse environment, with a Christian mother, Mary Roy, who was a progressive educator and women’s rights activist, and a father, Indra Roy, who was a Bengali Hindu man.

    Her mother played a significant role in shaping Arundhati’s worldview, instilling values of independence, critical thinking, and advocacy for social equality.

    She along with Mr.Geelani could face charges for sedition under Section 124(A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for their remarks at the seminar. And the state, consequently has become as much an integral part of India as all the other erstwhile princely states have."[30]

    She was charged with sedition along with separatist Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and others by Delhi Police for their "anti-India" speech at a convention on Kashmir : “Azadi: The Only Way" in 2010.[31][32]

    Sardar Sarovar Project

    Roy has campaigned along with activist Medha Patkar against the Narmada dam project, saying that the dam will displace half a million people, with little or no compensation, and will not provide the projected irrigation, drinking water, and other benefits.[33] Roy donated her Booker prize money as well as royalties from her books on the project to the Narmada Bachao Andolan.

    DNA India.

  • ↑"Walking With The Comrades"[archive]Archived[archive] 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine., Outlook cover story, 29 March 2010.
  • ↑"Cops shouldn't have used public bus: Arundhati"[archive]Archived[archive] 22 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine., The Times of India, 19 May 2010.
  • ↑"Naxals are patriots: Arundhati"[archive].

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  • Broken Republic: Three Essays. Retrieved 21 March 2007.
  • ↑"Best Sellers Plus"[archive]. Survival International.