Calling Arundhati Roy a "great novelist" is a bit overstated. Some folks like her work, apparently, but I cannot see the appeal.
Putting that aside, India clearly does not have the same approach to free speech that the US has. If, indeed, she is being charged based on political speech critical of the government, that is not a good thing, even if she is a tiresome communist.
However, the article fails to explain a) what she said, and b) the nature of the charges against her. Without those facts, it's impossible to evaluate the extent of wrongdoing here.
The author of the piece, Antil, is a rabid communist whose default position is opposing anything and everything that the Indian government does. India has been fighting Islamic terrorists in Kashmir and Maoist terrorists in the East, who have killed thousands of innocents over the last decades.
Arundhati Roy is not an activist fighting for "Human Rights". She is an active supporter of these terrorists. Utterly shameful that y'all would publish something like this. Why is terrorism against Hindus ok?
Just last week jihadi terrorists from Pakistan attacked a bus of Hindu pilgrims and gunned down seven of them. Where is the story on them?
Been with The FP since the beginning. Deeply deeply disappointed that they would publish this kind of one sided nonsense. I thought this place was different from NYT and WaPo and BBC. Will have to reconsider my subscription.
It is deeply disappointing that even outlets like the FP write about India from the leftist, one-sided, anti-India standpoint of the NYT and Al Jazeera. Pakistan’s claim to Kashmir is much like “Palestine’s” claim to all of Israel. I first stopped reading anything the NYT, Wapo etc wrote about India, then about Israel and now about anything. Looks like I’ll have to stop reading the FP on India too. I’m not in favor of censoring speech but Indian law censors all kinds of speech including anything that offends any community’s sensibilities. For example, India was the first country to ban Rushdie’s Satanic verses at the behest of Muslim leaders. Most Indians are offended by Roy’s championing of Maoist and Islamist terrorists ( the latter most recently attacked a group of Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir, killing 10 and seriously injuring over 30. She also advocates breaking India into five countries. Not sure why five nationalisms would be better than one but there you have it.
Calling Arundhati Roy a "great novelist" is a bit overstated. Some folks like her work, apparently, but I cannot see the appeal.
Putting that aside, India clearly does not have the same approach to free speech that the US has. If, indeed, she is being charged based on political speech critical of the government, that is not a good thing, even if she is a tiresome communist.
However, the article fails to explain a) what she said, and b) the nature of the charges against her. Without those facts, it's impossible to evaluate the extent of wrongdoing here.
I prefer her non-fiction essays and critiques to her fiction to be honest.
One sides with pretentious idiots like Roy because one has to, I suppose. The left's deification of this paper warrior is ugly and patronizing.
Two wrongs don't make a right. India does not have a First Amendment and jailing political opponents is always wrong.
TFP, however, should have just a teeny-tiny bit more fairness in how it is portraying Roy.
The author of the piece, Antil, is a rabid communist whose default position is opposing anything and everything that the Indian government does. India has been fighting Islamic terrorists in Kashmir and Maoist terrorists in the East, who have killed thousands of innocents over the last decades.
Arundhati Roy is not an activist fighting for "Human Rights". She is an active supporter of these terrorists. Utterly shameful that y'all would publish something like this. Why is terrorism against Hindus ok?
Just last week jihadi terrorists from Pakistan attacked a bus of Hindu pilgrims and gunned down seven of them. Where is the story on them?
Been with The FP since the beginning. Deeply deeply disappointed that they would publish this kind of one sided nonsense. I thought this place was different from NYT and WaPo and BBC. Will have to reconsider my subscription.
It is deeply disappointing that even outlets like the FP write about India from the leftist, one-sided, anti-India standpoint of the NYT and Al Jazeera. Pakistan’s claim to Kashmir is much like “Palestine’s” claim to all of Israel. I first stopped reading anything the NYT, Wapo etc wrote about India, then about Israel and now about anything. Looks like I’ll have to stop reading the FP on India too. I’m not in favor of censoring speech but Indian law censors all kinds of speech including anything that offends any community’s sensibilities. For example, India was the first country to ban Rushdie’s Satanic verses at the behest of Muslim leaders. Most Indians are offended by Roy’s championing of Maoist and Islamist terrorists ( the latter most recently attacked a group of Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir, killing 10 and seriously injuring over 30. She also advocates breaking India into five countries. Not sure why five nationalisms would be better than one but there you have it.
What do you recommend for an introductory read?
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