[Reader-list] Statement by Arundhati Roy on the Attack on her Residence

anupam chakravartty c.anupam at gmail.com
Mon Nov 1 13:46:33 IST 2010 

How have we understood freedom of expression Mr Kaul? With an eye for an
eye? how is it expression then? what have you expressed? you just reacted
with a statement: "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, you see, for the ladies who were
protesting. Lets support them together."

All the best
Anupam



On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>wrote:

> I would condemn this so called 'attack' once I see the pictures. Strangely,
> even the Police couldn't see anything. Merely stationing of OB Vans doesn't
> mean an attack is about to take place.
>
> Let Krishenji with Arundhati provide some pictures of 'hooliganism' for the
> world to see rather than press statements for publicity sake.
>
> FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, you see, for the ladies who were protesting. Lets
> support them together.
>
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Samvit <samvitr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Sonia,
> > I think what Rashneek's wrote answers your question. Roy uses democracy
> to
> > tarnish democracy. She and her cronies bend on their knees when they are
> in
> > the Valley. You should have seen how Gautam was sitting like a frightened
> > pigeon before he went on to speak at the Saddar Court complex. He
> > apologized
> > for his facebook remarks, took his statement back and only then could one
> > see him breathing easy. He knew the rules of the Valley, they are similar
> > to
> > the ones that Roy follows. It would have been almost impossible for
> Gautam
> > to step his foot in Kashmir if he did not go with the flow. After that
> > statement, the goshtabas flowed. Talk about Goshtaba diplomacy!!
> > Sonia, you must have heard Roy calling India a "bhookha, nanga desh!!".
> > Perhaps, this could also be used for her- "ek ghoshtabe ke bhooke aur
> > ad-nangee Roy!" but then the "hooligan right wingers" seem to be more
> > cultured than the "ghoshtaba eating "so called "leftists/maoists".
> > -Sam
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:13 AM, SJabbar <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Samvit,
> > > You need to distinguish between the right to expression or free speech
> > and
> > > the right to indulge in violence or to incite violence.  The first is
> > > enshrined in our constitution, the second punishable by law.  To call
> > > Arundhati Roy a thug and to equate her political views with those who
> can
> > > only counter her political views with physical violence is a travesty.
> > > You cannot wish someone "good health and safety" while cheering on
> people
> > > bent on tearing down her house and doing her injury.
> > > sj
> > >
> > >
> > > On 01/11/10 9:15 AM, "Samvit" <samvitr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > A classic example of *pot calling the kettle black*. How conveniently
> > > > you
> > > abuse and slot others. If someone is attacking Roy's house I think it
> > > > is
> > > their way of expression. Roy doesn't hold a monopoly on "right
> > > > to
> > > expression" and neither does she decide where to draw the line. She
> > > > should
> > > be knowing all this very well since she keeps company of known
> > > > terrorists of
> > > the ilk that were seen in Delhi with her. Why do you feel so
> > > > meek now that
> > > you have to be sladerous?? using words like.....hooligans,
> > > > obsene....
> > >
> > > Although I wish her good health and safety so that she can
> > > > continue
> > > gallavanting from place to place, topic to topic but then there are
> > > > millions
> > > out there who get inspired by her and want to teach her some
> > > > "expression".
> > > Thugs like her understand the language of thugs, perhaps.
> > >
> > >
> > > On
> > > > Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:31 PM, shuddha at sarai.net <shuddha at sarai.net
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > the disgusting and obscene attacks on Arundhati Roy in sections
> > > > of the
> > > > media
> > > > and even, unfortunately on a forum like this one by right
> > > > wing hooligans
> > > > (including some on this list) is now being complemented by
> > > > attacks and
> > > > vandalism at her residence, in the full glare of the media. It
> > > > is not Ms.
> > > > Roy
> > > > who seeks out media coverage, it is the thugs who attack
> > > > her who
> > > > pre-arrange to
> > > > have television OB vans in place while they attempt
> > > > to ransack her
> > > > residence.
> > > >
> > > > Those interested may read the statement below
> > > > by Arundhati Roy in response
> > > > to
> > > > the most recent attack,
> > > >
> > > > best,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Shuddha
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > SOMETHING FOR THE MEDIA TO THINK ABOUT
> > > >
> > > >  A mob of about a hundred people
> > > > arrived at my house at 11 this morning
> > > > (Sunday
> > > > October 31st 2010.) They
> > > > broke through the gate and vandalized property.
> > > > They
> > > > shouted slogans
> > > > against me for my views on K...ashmir, and threatened to
> > > > teach
> > > > me a
> > > > lesson. The OB Vans of NDTV, Times Now and News 24 were already in
> > > > place
> > > >
> > > > ostensibly to cover the event live. TV reports say that the mob
> > > consisted>
> > > > largely of members of the BJP¹s Mahila Morcha (Women¹s wing). After
> > they
> > > >
> > > > left, the police advised us to let them know if in future we saw any
> OB
> > > >
> > > > vans
> > > > hanging around the neighborhood because they said that was an
> > > > indication
> > > > that a
> > > > mob was on its way. In June this year, after a false
> > > > report in the papers
> > > > by
> > > > Press Trust of India (PTI) two men on motorcycles
> > > > tried to stone the
> > > > windows of
> > > > my home. They too were accompanied by TV
> > > > cameramen.
> > > >
> > > > What is the nature of the agreement between these sections of
> > > > the media and
> > > > mobs and criminals in search of spectacle? Does the media
> > > > which positions
> > > > itself at the Œscene¹ in advance have a guarantee that the
> > > > attacks and
> > > > demonstrations will be non-violent? What happens if there is
> > > > criminal
> > > > trespass
> > > > (as there was today) or even something worse? Does the
> > > > media then become
> > > > accessory to the crime? This question is important, given
> > > > that some TV
> > > > channels
> > > > and newspapers are in the process of brazenly
> > > > inciting mob anger against
> > > > me. In
> > > > the race for sensationalism the line
> > > > between reporting news and
> > > > manufacturing
> > > > news is becoming blurred. So what
> > > > if a few people have to be sacrificed at
> > > > the
> > > > altar of TRP ratings? The
> > > > Government has indicated that it does not intend
> > > > to
> > > > go ahead with the
> > > > charges of sedition against me and the other speakers at
> > > > a
> > > > recent seminar
> > > > on Azadi for Kashmir.
> > > >
> > > > So the task of punishing me for my views seems to
> > > > have been taken on by
> > > > right
> > > > wing storm troopers. The Bajrang Dal and the
> > > > RSS have openly announced that
> > > > they are going to ³fix² me with all the means
> > > > at their disposal including
> > > > filing cases against me all over the country.
> > > > The whole country has seen
> > > > what
> > > > they are capable of doing, the extent to
> > > > which they are capable of going.
> > > > So,
> > > > while the Government is showing a
> > > > degree of maturity, are sections of the
> > > > media
> > > > and the infrastructure of
> > > > democracy being rented out to those who believe
> > > > in mob
> > > > justice? I can
> > > > understand that the BJP's Mahila Morcha is using me to
> > > > distract
> > > > attention
> > > > the from the senior RSS activist Indresh Kumar who has recently
> > > > been
> > > > named
> > > > in the CBI charge-sheet for the bomb blast in Ajmer Sharif in which
> > > > several
> > > > people were killed and many injured. But why are sections of the
> > > > mainstream
> > > > media doing the same? Is a writer with unpopular views more
> > > > dangerous than a
> > > > suspect in a bomb blast? Or is it a question of
> > > > ideological
> > > > alignment?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Arundhati Roy
> > > > October 31st 2010
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > --
> > > Samvit
> > > > Rawal
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