Sunday, April 28, 2024

Topic: Arundhati Roy

Delhi LG approves prosecution of Arundhati Roy, Showkat Hussain in a 2010 ‘provocative speech’ case

VK Saxena, the Delhi Lieutenant Governor has granted sanction for the prosecution of award winning author Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain, former Professor of International Law at Central University of Kashmir, in a 13-year-old case relating to provocative speeches at a public function in 2010.

If I didn’t speak in Gauri’s memory, my mother would have been ashamed of me: Arundhati Roy

India was not a democracy anymore, said Arundhati Roy, award winning author and activist who delivered the Gauri Lankesh Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru on Monday.

Renowned educationalist Mary Roy dies at 89

Mary Roy, an educator and a women's rights activist, died after a brief illness on Thursday in Kerala’s Kottayam.

“Why do you fear my way so much?” G.N. Saibaba writes from prison

The book "Why do you fear my way so much?", containing letters and poems from prison by human rights defender and Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba was launched at Jawahar Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday.

20 years of 2001 Parliament attack: Arundhati Roy’s 13 unanswered questions

Two decades ago, on 13 December 2001, the Indian Parliament was attacked by an armed group. Two persons from the Parliament Security Service of...

TN: University withdraws Arundhati Roy’s book after ABVP complaint

Acting on a complaint from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli city decided to withdraw a book authored by Arundhati...