Statement from Arundhati Roy re possible sedition charge October 26th 2010
[I was just forwarded this by Pankaj Mishra. In Srinagar Roy shared a stage with Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Shah Gilani. a report from the Economic »
1934, 2012: Rebellion, a story by Daniil Kharms for Pussy Riot
What happened today was absurd. With the farcical Pussy Riot trial, and the two year sentence handed down to Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, »
International PEN open letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (2012)
International PEN have sent a formal letter to PM Manmohan Singh, raising their concerns about the government's failure to support Salman Rushdie, Taslima Nasreen and the »
Why I signed the 'Occupy Writers' statement (Oct. 2011)
I 've been asked by Slate for a quote about why I added my name to the Occupy Writers list. I suspect they may not be »
Recession America: Occupy Wall Street, Not ( October 2011)
There's Occupy Wall Street. Then there's this guy, who I met standing outside an office building on 9th avenue which houses various large companies. He said »