Posted below is a statement issued by Arundhati Roy after a slogan shouting mob turned up outside her house and tried to ransack her residence on 31st October 2010 in the full glare of TV.
Posted below is a statement issued by Arundhati Roy after a slogan shouting mob turned up outside her house and tried to ransack her residence on 31st October 2010 in the full glare of TV.
In a condemnable move, Union Law Minister and Attorney General have betrayed the supreme national interest of Indians to protect US corporate interests. US double standard in the handling of BP’s oil spill disaster and Union Carbide Corporation’s disaster in India is quite manifest. Indian Parliament must act and support our government which is under tremendous pressure from the US Corporation and the US government.
"Patriotism,†Samuel Johnson said nearly 250 years ago, “is the last refuge
of a scoundrel.†These days in India, the adage can be safely applied to
nationalism. There is no other explanation of the threat to arrest and try
Arundhati Roy on charges of sedition for what she said at a public meeting on Kashmir
The International Metalworkers’ Federation is writing to Foxconn and Nokia global management demanding they intervene and ensure workers’ rights are respected at the Foxconn plant located in the Nokia Special Economic Zone in Chennai, India.
Mirza Ghalib had pondered the merger of heaven and hell to create a bit more room for a leisurely walk.
A separate Persian verse, ascribed to Kashmir’s beauty sees it as paradise on earth, which is how most Kashmiris would want to celebrate their homeland. If we merge the two couplets there’s a fair chance it would read like Indian and Pakistan foreign policies on Kashmir.
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