[Reader-list] Social status doesn’t give immunity to fiction-writer Arundhati Roy

anupam chakravartty c.anupam at gmail.com
Thu Nov 4 01:24:23 IST 2010


Mr Thakur writes: "She also blames someone (presumably India) in the
following words- “Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for
speaking their minds. Pity the nation that needs to jail those who ask for
justice”.

Haven't we been presuming a lot of things recently about people and passing
judgments? Even I have been doing so. I feel guilty.


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