Times of India, Monday, October 25, 2010.
Srinagar.
'Activist Arundhati Roy, who created a controversy recently by questioning Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to the Union in a meeting in Delhi, on Sunday harped on the same thing, saying that the state was never an integral part of India.
Roy was speaking at a seminar titled “Wither Kasmir: Freedom or enslavement” organized by the coalition of civil societies (CCS) here.
“Kashmir has never been an integral part of India. It is a historical fact. Even the Indian government has accepted this” the Booker Prize winner said'.

For all the activism carried out from 5 star hotels, may be she has run out of money received from Booker Prize. May be she got inspired by the Chinese thinker under arrest, but had been bestowed with Nobel Peace Prize. Having set her eyes on the Nobel Peace Prize, she has gone all out to make such atrocious sedition statements so that she may also be put under arrest and thus qualify for the Nobel Peace Prize. Incidentally, it will be interesting to find out what the other winner Mr. Arvind Adiga, with lots of money from Booker Prize, has to say regarding the status of Jammu & Kashmir.
A few weeks back, it was a great show of histrionic talent by Arundhati
Roy’s media friend Burqa Dutt when she was interviewing BJP leader Mr. Arun Jaitley. In a choked voice she would ask, “how can the security forces shoot down an 8 year old boy returning from tuition?’ Or something like’ how can they kill the cousin of Yaseen Malik, when he was just playing carom board”. Mr. Arun Jaitley would also seriously answer such questions, without laughing at or getting angered by her acting, which rivaled our Late Sivaji Ganesan from south.
Incidentally, some with any sanity left would like to ask, “Were the security forces doing a combing operation looking for 8 year olds returning from tuition or for grown up adults playing carom board?”

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http://www.dailypioneer.com/291828/Deny-Arundhati-claim-to-fame.html

Deny Arundhati claim to fame
October 26, 2010 2:55:10 PM

Swapan Dasgupta

If the aim of those who organised the convention of secessionists in Delhi on October 21 was to court both notoriety and publicity, they can look back with satisfaction on a very successful venture. Middle India may have been absolutely appalled and horrified at the spectacle of pro-Pakistan Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani preaching his divisive message in the heart of the national capital, flanked by the intellectual cheer-leader of the anything-to-offend brigade, Arundhati Roy. However, the organisers weren’t interested in winning over Indian opinion. Their objective was propagandist.

First, the convention on azadi organised by the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners — which seems a Maoist front — was meant to signal a grand unity of those seeking the vivisection of the Indian Union. They included the Kasmiri secessionists, the rump of the Khalistani movement, the separatists from the north-eastern States and, of course, the Maoists who are trying to create the conditions which will allow the secessionists to succeed. The event was a gathering of political rogues and was meant to be that way.

Second, it came as no surprise to the organisers that a convention of this nature held in Delhi attracted vocal opposition. I can fully sympathise with those Kashmiri Hindus who were agitated by the presence of someone who created the conditions for the horrible ethnic cleansing of Hindus from the Kashmir Valley in 1990. However, it is also a fact that the organisers were banking on spirited protests against Geelani to elevate a vicious message into a debate over free speech and democracy. The ease with which some TV channels fell into the trap was indicative of the larger gullibility of India’s liberal establishment.

In a lucid intervention on the subject, Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley has argued that the freedom of speech is not absolute but also governed by other laws. The Indian Penal Code, for example, does not extend the principle of free speech to utterances calculated to provoke enmity between castes and religion and undermine the integrity of the state. In the past, the latter offence used to be called sedition but in the contemporary world that usage is rare, but in essence the secessionists and their supporters seem to be guilty of that horrible offence — if prosecuted and convicted by a court of law.

Following Jaitley’s intervention, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that the authorities are examining the speeches to see whether they violated the law. In principle this is right. If Varun Gandhi can first be jailed and prosecuted for his alleged hate speech during the 2009 election campaign, there are grounds to press for charges against Geelani and Arundhati Roy. According to the report in The Pioneer, the Booker Prize winner told the gathering: “India needs azadi from Kashmir and Kashmir from India. It is a good debate that has started. We must deepen this conversation and I am happy that young people are getting involved for this cause which is their future.” It is a different matter that the “conversation” consisted mainly of treacherous elements shouting slogans, including, “Azadi ka matlab kya? La ilaha ilallah.”

Actually, the speech of Arundhati Roy was more incendiary than that of Geelani who repeated the hoary line about “self-determination” and tripartite talks to hammer out a solution. In fact, Geelani stressed he wasn’t against India but wanted a “free” Kashmir where — and he was at pains to spell this out — Islamic strictures against consuming alcohol would not apply to the minorities.

Whether the policemen who examine the transcripts of the ‘convention’ will also feel that Arundhati Roy crossed the Lakshman rekha between the acceptable and unacceptable is unknown. The irony is that a publicity-conscious pamphleteer would love to be prosecuted for sedition and, preferably, even arrested. The spectacle of a small, innocent-looking, soft-spoken woman who is a celebrity in the Noam Chomsky-loving classes in the West being led away by burly, pot-bellied policemen will make for wonderful TV and is calculated to whet the appetites of all who believe that India’s democracy is counterfeit. It will have a global impact and may even bring forth a petition calling for her release signed by the who’s who of the Manhattan establishment. Maybe President Barack Obama will also chip in.

An Arundhati Roy charged with sedition for daring to question India’s ‘occupation’ of Kashmir will be the best thing to have happened to a movement that never quite succeeded in putting the stone throwers on par with the Palestinian intifada. The attempts to transform the disturbances in Kashmir into an international human rights issue has failed mainly because India has too many better things to offer. The last thing we now need is to make Arundhati Roy into India’s Liu Xiaobo and Geelani into the Taliban-loving Amnesty International’s ‘prisoner of conscience’.

Jaitley is right about the law and the Constitution but he is wrong about the political wisdom of prosecuting secessionists for non-violent offences. Geelani routinely makes speeches in Srinagar that are far more provocative than the one he made last Thursday in Delhi. The fact that he made it in Delhi doesn’t worsen the offence. Both Srinagar and Delhi are, after all, in India.

Secessionism has to be countered both militarily and through arguments. An argumentative environment is India’s best advertisement against intolerant Maoism and Islamism.

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MCG: You say " Arundhati Roy is a traitor bitch"..


You can disagree with Ms Roy without calling her a "Bi^ch". Would you describe the women in your family the same way, when you disagree with them?

It just shows your lack of respect for women, and absence of intellect.

I truly feel sorry for you.

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Originally posted by ILOVENA

MCG: You say " Arundhati Roy is a traitor bitch"..


You can disagree with Ms Roy without calling her a "Bi^ch". Would you describe the women in your family the same way, when you disagree with them?

It just shows your lack of respect for women, and absence of intellect.

I truly feel sorry for you.

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Technically speaking ...

The word "bitch", means a female dog ... is a common slang term in the English language, especially used as a denigrating term applied to a woman. It often refers to someone (traditionally female) who is belligerent, unreasonable, rudely intrusive or aggressive.

In a feminist context, it can indicate a strong or assertive woman, one who might make men feel threatened. When applied to a man, "bitch" is a derogatory term for a subordinate.

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Mumbai Maazi Ladki ...

Why is this neccessarily a bad thing? These clowns are standing out from the rest of the crowd by raising their hands.

For all we know hit lists are being prepared and one by one these mother-seekers will be eliminated. If you like guns, this may be a good time to join forces in India. Lotsa free target practice....

for the sake of online decency, I won't use that sexist word to describe Arundhati Roy but I will say that she is one stupid, ignorant attention grabbing moron who has no knowledge, understanding or appreciation of history and politics.

time and again she has stuck her foot into national events and made comments that only make her look like a fool, like the derogatory comments during the Indian Parliament bombing and the Bombay hotel massacre.

she is simply playing to the stereotypical non resident Indian mentality and the Western media.

I think this is one case where the govt. would be well within its rights and would be justified in revoking her Indian citizenship and throwing her out of the country for spewing such nonsense.
I am sure China, Pakistan or the US would be more than happy to grant her citizenship in their countries.
and if not, hey there's always Canada.
She can board the next ship sailing from Sri Lanka....