Protesters send Gandhi’s biography to Arundhati Roy

Godse put bullets into the Mahatma because he was allegedly too pro-Muslim and anti-Hindu; Roy wants to erase the name of Gandhi from every institution that currently carries it because, she says, Gandhi was an out-and-out casteist.

Author and Man Booker prize winner Arundhati Roy, who has consistently castigated Mahatma Gandhi for his ‘çasteist’ tendencies, went a step further on Thursday, saying it is high time that institutions named after the Father of the Nation be rechristened.

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today demanded action against writer and activist Arundhati Roy for her reported comments in which she had criticised Mahatma Gandhi for his "casteist tendencies". "If someone (Arundhati) says that Gandhi Ji was ...

The real struggles and battles of actual heroes such as Ayyankali in Kerala or Jyotiba Phule in Maharashtra, who successfully led mass movements against upper class brutalities, will continue to be kept away from popular imagination as long as the ...

"Now, we have a democratically elected totalitarian government. Technically and legally, there is no party with enough seats to constitute an opposition", says Indian-author and activist Arundhati Roy in an interview to the Dawn newspaper.

Intellectuals and teachers, including Arundhati Roy, on Friday, condemned the arrest of English professor G N Saibaba on charges of alleged involvement in Maoist activities, saying it was "arbitrary and illegal" and an attempt to stifle voice of dissent. In a ...

Apart from Modi and Kejriwal, author Arundhati Roy and Coimbatore-based health activist Arunachalam Muruganantham are also on the list.

Noted writer and activist Arundhati Roy on Monday said discussion about “real issues” plaguing Indian society was missing from the main political discourse of the country.Speaking to report...

Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal have made it to Time 100 list of the world's most influential people along with Indian novelist Arundhati Roy.While Modi figures in the category of ...