Arundhati Roy

Tamil Nadu's MS University withdraws Arundhati Roy's book from syllabus after ABVP plaint

The book, Walking with the Comrades, was removed from the varsity's syllabus as it featured the author's visit to Maoist hideouts, which the ABVP said was an 'anti-national subject'

Mira Nair, Noam Chomsky among 200 authors, filmmakers demanding Umar Khalid's release in Delhi riots case

Khalid has been arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February this year

Books of the week: From Arundhati Roy’s Azadi to a translation of Unni R's The Cock is the Culprit, our picks

Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.

The problem with Indian publishing: State apathy, sales-driven editorial strategy, lack of accurate data

Indian publishing, dominated by education and struggling to function through a lack of data, suffers the consequences of a state hostile to publishing and apathetic to the dissemination of knowledge.

Arundhati Roy visits Jamia to express solidarity with students protesting CAA and NRC, says 'maybe one day govt will be in detention centre'

Arndhuti Roy visited gate number seven of the university, which has become a site of protest against the police action

Complaint against Arundhati Roy by SC lawyer over false information for NPR remarks; politicos slam activist

Addressing a protest gathering at Delhi University on Wednesday, Roy claimed that the NPR would serve as a database for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and alleged that the latter targetted the Muslims of the country

'Give wrong names, addresses if you want to oppose NPR'; Arundhati Roy's advice at 25 December Delhi protest meet

Writer-activist Arundhati Roy on Wednesday addressed a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Delhi University's North Campus, in which she lambasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "lying" on the subject of a nationwide NRC.

At Delhi anti-CAA protest, Arundhati Roy asks people to oppose NPR by furnishing wrong names, addresses to officials

Roy said that officials will visit people's homes under NPR exercise for taking their names, addresses and other details.

CAA protests: Writer, activist Arundhati Roy joins movement against policy that will 'break the back of our Constitution'

Arundhati Roy, who has been known to speak up against contentious policies has now questioned: Are we going to stand in line once again, obediently, and comply with this policy that eerily resembles the 1935 Nuremberg Laws of the Third Reich?

'Fascism is not a joke': John Cusack, Daryl Hannah condemn use of force against Citizenship Amendment Act protests

John Cusack shared a series of tweets addressing the attacks over the past few days, against protesters of Citizenship Amendment Act in India.