Reading the speech, one was yet again thankful that we have someone like Roy to speak truth to power not only in India but also in the international arena. There was, however, one thing she said that bothered me, just as it had before. Coming to Hamas, Arundhati Roy said: “I refuse to play the condemnation game. ADVERTISEMENTRoy’s dismissals of Gandhi are well-known, as is her championing of Ambedkar in the MKG versus BRA match-up she posits. The massacre that followed would have had the full backing of the ‘World Community’ (read powerful countries run by white men).

Source: The Telegraph October 15, 2024 18:18 UTC