Home
Politics
Roy, winner of the prestigious Booker award for her novel "The God of Small Things" in 1997, is a fierce critic of Indian policy in Kashmir, where protests against New Delhi have claimed some 111 lives since June.
The writer and social activist shared a stage with Geelani in October and backed the idea of "azadi" or freedom for Kashmir, leading New Delhi police to look into charging her with sedition.
Originally, the Indian government was reported to be opposed to prosecuting her.
There was no immediate reaction from the writer.
In October, she said in a statement: "What I say (about Kashmir) comes from love and pride."
"I said what millions of people here (in Kashmir) say every day. I said what I as well as other commentators have written and said for years," she said.
The main opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has called Roy's comments "seditious" and accused the Congress-led government of "looking the other way" by not taking any legal action against her.
Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan each hold part of Kashmir but claim it in full. India insists that Kashmir is an "integral part" of the country.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The writer and social activist shared a stage with Geelani in October and backed the idea of "azadi" or freedom for Kashmir, leading New Delhi police to look into charging her with sedition.
Originally, the Indian government was reported to be opposed to prosecuting her.
There was no immediate reaction from the writer.
In October, she said in a statement: "What I say (about Kashmir) comes from love and pride."
"I said what millions of people here (in Kashmir) say every day. I said what I as well as other commentators have written and said for years," she said.
The main opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has called Roy's comments "seditious" and accused the Congress-led government of "looking the other way" by not taking any legal action against her.
Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan each hold part of Kashmir but claim it in full. India insists that Kashmir is an "integral part" of the country.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
