Aligarh: On the evening of the 27th of March 2019, the second day of the Women Leadership Summit 2019, the panels took place inside the Women’s College Auditorium , Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Newsd is the digital media partner for Women Leadership Summit organised by WCSU. Amidst the on-going controversy inside the[Read More…]
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BJP will try to derail everything with some surprise attack: Arundhati Roy
The arrest earlier this week of civil rights activists was carried out to “Divert and Rule”, writer-activist Arundhati Roy alleged on Thursday and expressed fear that in the run up to the 2019 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will “try to derail everything” with “some surprise attack”, urging people to[Read More…]
Bhima Koregoan violence: Culprits walk free while government hounds activists
Dalits, every year celebrate the 1818 victory of the lower caste Mahar soldiers in the British army over Brahmin led Maratha Empire.
Whatever decision SC takes on Ayodhya, BJP, RSS will tear people apart: Arundhati Roy
New Delhi: It is the sad demise of love and gentleness — at the behest of skewed patriotism and extreme nationalism — that comes across as the most troubling feature of current times for writer-activist Arundhati Roy. The very fundamentals of the country, she contended in an interview to IANS, are[Read More…]
‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ not for movie, says Arundhati Roy
Author Arundhati Roy has said her second book “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” is not a novel which is to be made into a movie. With “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness”, Roy has marked her return to the world of literary fiction this year, after a gap of two decades.[Read More…]
Arundhati Roy in race for her second Man Booker Prize
Paul Auster, Colson Whitehead and past winner Arundhati Roy are among the contenders for this year’s Man Booker Prize for their fiction novels. Roy, who won the prize in 1997 for her fiction “The God of Small Things,” is in the race again with her long-awaited second novel, “The Ministry[Read More…]
Apex Court stays criminal contempt proceedings against Arundhati Roy
On Monday, the Supreme Court stayed an order of criminal contempt proceedings against well-known author and activist, Arundhati Roy. The proceedings were initiated suo motu by the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court in 2015 due to some allegedly made remarks against the judiciary for not granting bail to[Read More…]
Some quotes from Arundhati Roy’s new book for fans and critics alike
Updates, criticism of Arundhati Roy’s new book, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness has been floating through everyone’s’ social media feeds. The book which she took two decades to write, more than explains her life as a political activist- protesting against ecological depredations, on behalf of Kashmir independence and against Hindu[Read More…]
Stone-pelters admire Arundhati, she supports their ideology: Paresh Rawal clarifies
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Paresh Rawal triggered a controversy recently saying that tying the leftist writer Arundhati Roy to the Army Jeep would bring peace in Kashmir. The veteran actor clarifies that he does not hold any grudges against Roy, but suggested her to be used as human shield.[Read More…]
‘Coerced by Twitter’, Rawal deletes his tweet
Veteran actor and BJP MP Paresh Rawal alleged today that he was ‘coerced into deleting a controversial tweet’, that was targeted at author Arundhati Roy by Twitter. He strongly defended his tweet, that was criticized by many. Singer Abhijeet’s Twitter account was also suspended over his offensive posts, especially those[Read More…]
PEN Delhi condemns the comments made on Roy
In the wake of the recent comment made about author Arundhati Roy, the Delhi unit of PEN has issued a press release condemning the statements made about the author. BJP MP and actor, Paresh Rawal had made the comment about her, in regard to the act of soldiers of the[Read More…]