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| Kashmir needs freedom from India: Arundhati Roy |
| 2008-08-20 |
| Prominent Indian human rights activist and author Arundhati Roy said recent protests in the occupied territory have made it clear that the people of Kashmir want freedom from India. Roy in an interview said those who have followed people's movements and who have been in rallies could not dispute what people want, KMS reported. She said the Kashmiri people do not need anyone to represent them. They represent themselves. In case you've forgotten her -- and it's hard to remember -- she's India's answer to Chomsky. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy who had issued a statement advocating freedom for Kashmir was a "loose cannon" who had "abused the liberal traditions of India", the Congress said on Wednesday. "She (Roy) is a loose cannon who has abused liberal traditions of India to its fullest," said Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari. "It is a great tribute to the tolerance of India's ethos that a person who openly calls for Balkanization of country is not being locked up and the keys are not being thrown away," Tiwari said. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-08-20 18:24 |
| #7 To start with, Kashmeer needs to be freed from influx of Indian funds. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-08-20 17:33 |
| #6 Jim, and Obama can be their president! |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-08-20 17:13 |
| #5 Let's find some medium sized uninhabited Island and rename it THE WORLD just for people like her, then send her "home". |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-08-20 11:09 |
| #4 Ms Roy has famously said that she is against the concept of nationality. She considers herself a citizen of the world. Quite a common attitude amongst the crowd she hangs out with. Unfortunately for her, she lives in India, a state which is quite serious about protecting its integrity. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-08-20 11:01 |
| #3 Ms Roy is as selfish as our Indian Congress I politicians. Just to become famous she is uttering non sense. Shame on you. |
| Posted by: Crimble Big Foot8500 2008-08-20 10:39 |
| #2 How did a couple of marches and an economic boycott by the Hindus -- formerly of Kashmir, now of Jammu -- become genocide, JosephM? I tried reading Ms. Roy's famous novel, but was unable to finish the first chapter. She writes like someone in the final stretch of a BA in creative writing. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-20 08:51 |
| #1 BIGNEWSNETWORK/WORLDNEWS > HINDU-MUSLIM TENSIONS BOIL IN INDIA, + HINDU-MUSLIM RELATIONS WORSEN IN INDIAN KASHMIR + SMALL STATE, BIG ATTITUDE. *WAFF.com > GUJURAT: INDIA [Hindus] IS GETTING AWAY WITH GENOCIDE [agz Muslims], in J&K = northern India??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-20 01:17 |