The internet's a brave new world in so many ways-driven by the young invigorating the old. About 150 million Indians are on the web now. Earlier, to express ideas publicly, you had to go through a newspaper, magazine, TV or a radio station before. The guardians of media regulated how such ideas were expressed, and published your ideas if you were important enough, if you followed the outlet's editorial line,...
12:10 PM, Jan 11, 2013
The director, however, says she is aware that the author is not too keen on a cinematic adaptation of the celebrated book. ...
02:02 PM, Dec 06, 2012
Hyderabad: Writer and social activist Arundhati Roy on Sunday demanded an immediate revoke of the ban imposed on Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF) in the state. Addressing the gathering at a meeting organised by the Viplava Rachaitala Sangham (Revolutionary Writers Association) against the ban, Roy termed the ban unconstitutional and urged the members to keep on with their struggle against state-sponsored violence. RDF is not a armed organisation. Its activities are...
02:18 PM, Sep 24, 2012
New Delhi: Indian author and poet Jeet Thayil features among 12 authors long-listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his book Narcopolis. The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers. Here's a look at some of Indians...
05:44 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Hyderabad: Resistance group Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), at its first conference here on April 22-23, will demand an end to the anti-Maoist Operation Green Hunt and discuss how to turn the current economic crisis in the country into a revolutionary opportunity. More than 300 delegates from across India, including writer and activist Arundhati Roy, historian Amit Bhattacharya, Maoist leader Tusharkanti Bhattacharya's wife Soma Sen and Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde, will...
02:07 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Famous writer and one of the organisers of Jaipur Literature Festival, William Dalrymple on Monday said that the four authors who read excerpts from Salman Rushdie's banned 'The Satanic Verses' were asked to leave as there was a threat that they would be arrested. Dalrymple said that the organisers didn't know that reading from the 'The Satanic Verses' is an arrestable offence. "MF Hussain's lawyer advised them to...
11:14 AM, Jan 23, 2012
Jaipur: The suspense over Salman Rushdie's participation in the Jaipur Literature Festival ended on Friday, but the row over his absence didn't. Authors Hari Kunzru and Amitava Kumar read out a passage from his banned book the 'Satanic Verses' to lodge their protest over Rushdie's absence before they were stopped by the organisers of the festival. An hour later, writer Ruchir Joshi and poet Jeet Thayil repeated the act of...
07:27 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Mumbai: 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 Anna for keeping mum on corporate power and cross-ownership of business. "Their anti-corruption agitation was a corporate-sponsored media campaign and hence Team Anna chose to remain silent," she said adding that even though the movement was said...
12:53 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Washington: Software czar Azim Premji and anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare are among five Indians who figure in the Foreign Policy magazine's list of Top 100 Global Thinkers, that is dominated by revolutionaries who have been the driving force behind the Arab Spring. The list features US President Barack Obama, who is ranked 11th among the top 100 global thinkers, and also includes writer-activist Arundhati Roy, poverty researcher Deepa Narayan and...
01:45 PM, Nov 29, 2011
Washington: Software czar Azim Premji, social activist Anna Hazare and writer Arundhati Roy are among the five Indians who figure in Foreign Policy's prestigious list of Top 100 Global Thinkers, which also includes US President Barack Obama. The top nine positions in the list is occupied by leading Arab revolutionaries including Mohamed Elbaradei from Egypt, the former IAEA chief; Ali Ferat, the Syrian human rights lawyer and cartoonist, and the...
12:05 AM, Nov 29, 2011
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday admitted a PIL against author-activist Arundhati Roy for her allegedly anti-India remarks at a seminar in New York. The PIL was filed by three Kashmiri pandits - Vijay Kumar Kashkari, Ajay Kumar Bhat and Vir Ji Saraf - in the Jammu bench of the High Court. Arundhati Roy had alleged that Kashmir has been one of the most bloody occupations in ...
05:37 PM, Nov 22, 2011
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the shocking attack on senior lawyer and Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan, the question that arises is whether this is another example of how our society is getting even more intolerant. Many attempts have been made in the past to muzzle free speech. On November 26, 2010, Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq held a press conference in Chandigarh. Within minutes, his presser was intruded...
09:19 PM, Oct 12, 2011
In an exclusive interview, writer Arundhati Roy said there are serious concerns about the Jan Lokpal Bill, corporate funding, NGOs and even the role of the media. Sagarika Ghose: Hello and welcome to the CNN-IBN special. The Anna Hazare anti-corruption movement has thrown up multiple voices. Many have been supportive of the movement, but there have been some who have been sceptical and raised doubts about the movement as well....
10:41 PM, Aug 30, 2011
Arundhati Roy targeted the Anna Hazare movement, saying there are serious concerns about the Jan Lokpal Bill, corporate funders, NGOs and even the role of the media. ...
08:02 AM, Aug 30, 2011
Hyderabad: "When people fight against corruption, it is important to understand what corruption is. Is corruption just an accounting problem, a financial irregularity? Or, is it a currency of social inequality or concentration of power?" asked noted author and social activists Arundhati Roy while commenting on people's support for Anna Hazare's movement against corruption. Addressing mediapersons here on Sunday, the Booker prize winner answered several questions pertaining to the spurt...
06:56 PM, Aug 22, 2011
Hyderabad: "When people fight against corruption, it is important to understand what corruption is. Is corruption just an accounting problem, a financial irregularity? Or, is it a currency of social inequality or concentration of power?" asked noted author and social activists Arundhati Roy while commenting on people's support for Anna Hazare's movement against corruption. Addressing mediapersons here on Sunday, the Booker prize winner answered several questions pertaining to the spurt...
10:49 AM, Aug 22, 2011
Commenting on the Jan Lokpal Bill issue, author Arundhati Roy on Sunday said, "We need to look at this more closely beyond the clamour." ...
02:31 PM, Aug 21, 2011
Arundhati Roy spoke exclusively to CNN-IBN saying that the way the government has treated Anna Hazare is absolutely outrageous. ...
11:11 AM, Aug 16, 2011
New Delhi: The launch of Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy's new book 'The Broken Republic' was disrupted by a group of protesters at the India Habitat Centre here late Friday. The protesters barged into the venue and shouted slogans like "Arundhati Murdabad" and "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" and threw pamphlets at the audience, denouncing the book. Policemen at the venue rushed to the podium and rounded up the protestors....
04:43 PM, May 21, 2011
New Delhi: There's no doubt that Arundhati Roy's one of the leading voices in India and an outspoken one at that. "If you look at chhattisgarh, two years ago when they launched operation greenhunt, some of us were talking about MOUs and mining, and people were puzzled like what's the connection, puzzled furrow in their brow. Now everybody knows what the connection is. They've tried police, they've tried Salwa Judum, ...
03:04 PM, May 21, 2011
