Booker-Prize winning author Arundhati Roy’s Kashmir views were provocative and angered many Indians, but history’s shown they’re no threat to India. Her words can hurt, but they have made zero substantial difference. The authorities can’t fight her 13 years later. This malicious witchhunt vests her with an undeserved martyr’s halo.
Arundhati Roy is being made into an undeserved martyr. Her words made zero impact
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