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India became colonising power after '47: Arundhati

Arundhati Roy
Srinagar, Oct 25: Speaking at a conference on Jammu Kashmir issue, Booker Prize winner and well-known activists, Arundhati Roy on Oct 24 claimed that soon after independence in 1947, India became "colonising power."

Rejecting Kashmir's integrity with India, Roy also claimed, "Kashmir has never been an integral part of India. It is a historical fact. Even the Indian government has accepted this."

Roy spoke in the "Wither Kashmir: Freedom or enslavement" seminar organised by the Coalition of Civil Societies (CCS) in Srinagar on Sunday, Oct 24.

Arundhati also supported Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani on his pro-azadi remark on Kashmir during a meeting in New Delhi on Oct 21.



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India became colonising power after '47: Arundhati

Srinagar, Oct 25: Speaking at a conference on Jammu Kashmir issue, Booker Prize winner and well-known activists, Arundhati Roy on Oct 24 claimed that soon after independence in 1947, India became "colonising power."Rejecting Kashmir's integrity with India, Roy also claimed, "Kashmir has never been an integral part of India. It is a historical fact. Even the Indian government has accepted this."Roy spoke in the "Wither Kashmir: Freedom or enslavement" seminar organised by the Coalition of Civil Societies (CCS).....
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abhi 02 Dec 2010 03:30 pm
Those who think that Kashmir is not a part of India,should migrate to Pakistan..they don't have any right to live in this great country. This is not an exercise of the right to speech,this is humiliation of our nation. If madam Roy would have been a national of Pakistan and then she would have said such a thing about that country,then by this time she would have been handcuffed and thrown in jail. its the greatness of this country that she is not yet apprehended,and she should be greatfull for...
vishnu kerala 28 Nov 2010 01:40 am
kashmir is an integral part of india.we gave thousands of life to hold it.our mothers lost son,brothers ,fathers.husbunds..... we are upholding the true value of kashmir .we wii never ever give up untill the last indian fell.please put some cloths in the mouth of self styled intellectual like roy
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