Her fictional tale of bitter rivalries between castes, religions and Communist zealots in the tropical south of 1960s India won her a Booker Prize.
But novelist Arundhati Roy could soon be jailed for contempt after getting caught up in a real-life “sectarian” rivalry between two Indian courthouses.
The author of The God of Small Things stands formally accused of making “scandalous and scurrilous allegations” against the Indian judiciary over an article she wrote in May 2015 calling for the release on bail of an alleged Maoist professor.
In the article Ms Roy, who has become a bête noire of the Indian establishment in recent years, contended that there was “much to suggest” that authorities do not want the severely disabled Professor GN Saibaba to “come out of the Nagpur central jail alive”.
As a result, a court in Nagpur - where Prof Saibaba remains incarcerated - issued contempt proceedings against her in December. Full story...
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But novelist Arundhati Roy could soon be jailed for contempt after getting caught up in a real-life “sectarian” rivalry between two Indian courthouses.
The author of The God of Small Things stands formally accused of making “scandalous and scurrilous allegations” against the Indian judiciary over an article she wrote in May 2015 calling for the release on bail of an alleged Maoist professor.
In the article Ms Roy, who has become a bête noire of the Indian establishment in recent years, contended that there was “much to suggest” that authorities do not want the severely disabled Professor GN Saibaba to “come out of the Nagpur central jail alive”.
As a result, a court in Nagpur - where Prof Saibaba remains incarcerated - issued contempt proceedings against her in December. Full story...
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