Talk:Arundhati Roy

Semi-protected edit request on 16 September 2015

Date of birth should be 1959, not 1961. See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/arundhati-roy-the-not-so-reluctant-renegade.html JamesTDNorton (talk) 04:07, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

 Done Thanks, that seems to be legit. -- Irn (talk) 04:25, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protection did not stop this unsupported edit for getting in: "She courts fame by frequently making incendiary comments against the Indian government and Hindus. She is an Islamist and has supported ISIS in the past. She also openly expressed her support for Jihadi groups in Kashmir, Naxalism and other violent separatist movements in India." Lol. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.67.100.154 (talk) 11:21, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing that out! -- Irn (talk) 13:47, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 September 2017

This novel became the biggest-selling book by a nonexpatriate Indian author. This lead sentence isn't cited and I couldn't find anything in the body to support it, so unless a source can be found it should be removed. 165.234.252.11 (talk) 16:41, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Never mind, I see that it's supported by the citation in the next sentence. -165.234.252.11 (talk) 16:43, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 November 2017

Can someone please add the following at the bottom of the Bibliography-Nonfiction section:

• The Doctor and the Saint. In 2014 Verso Books released an annotated edition of B.R. Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste with a 100+ page introduction by Arundhati Roy. ISBN 978-1-78168-831-1

Thanks! 83.115.40.95 (talk) 20:34, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

 Not done. While Roy's bibliography isn't particularly long, it still only lists books she herself wrote. I apologize for the length of time it took to get a response to this. CityOfSilver 18:44, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

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She is a conspiracy theorist by her own admission

She write in 2006 regarding the parliament attacks:-- These questions, examined cumulatively, point to something far more serious than incompetence. The words that come to mind are Complicity, Collusion, Involvement. There's no need for us to feign shock, or shrink from thinking these thoughts and saying them out loud. Governments and their intelligence agencies have a hoary tradition of using strategies like this to further their own ends. (Look up the burning of the Reichstag and the rise of Nazi power in Germany, 1933; or 'Operation Gladio' in which European intelligence agencies 'created' acts of terrorism, especially in Italy, in order to discredit militant groups like the Red Brigade.)

The author Praveen swami has rebuked her for saying the same in his 2013 article

I hope we can build consensus on it because there is nothing to vehemently argue here. It is crystal clear from the paragraph that she believes the attacks were done by the Indian state. Sane members should help me pass through because several old members are tying to muzzle this truth. Let us spread the truth.

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Semi-protected edit request on 6 February 2024

In the third paragraph of the section titled The God of Small Things, it says "The Guardian called the context "profoundly depressing"." The cited source, a BBC article, says "One Guardian journalist described the whole contest as "profoundly depressing"." I think these differences are enough to warrant a change. Wa11abiter1989 (talk) 15:54, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Fixed it myself :) Wa11abiter1989 (talk) 05:10, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

 Already done Thank you! Happy editing, NotAGenious (talk) 06:08, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2024

The state she was born in doesn't seem to have been Meghalaya at that time, but Assam. So a wording like "Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong, Assam (now Meghalaya), India" would be better. 90.142.52.139 (talk) 20:48, 1 May 2024 (UTC)