EXCLUSIVE: Crackdown On Dissent is Dangerous: Arundhati Roy

Writer-activist Arundhati Roy condemns the recent arrests of activists. She says, " I am a part of society, I'm not a part of the state."

[@mevlanarumi5180]

She is a great woman..she should get noble prize for literature..Respect and love u mam from indian occupied kashmir.

[@ashish123mishragkp]

I am currently reading the new Novel and as always loving her writing. A great fan of her writing and ideas.

[@vedprakashsonthalia4490]

Ashish Mishra मिश्राजी थोड़ा देश का भी ख्याल करें । इन बुद्धिजीवी आतंकवादियों की अंग्रेजी भाषा के जाल मे न फसे ये लोग जेएनयू के टुकड़े टुकड़े गैंग के जन्मदाता है और माओवादी अर्बन नक्सीलिओ का बड़ा गिरोह है, बनावटी अमेरिकन उच्चारण में बात करके साहित्यिक ब्लैकमेलिंग करते है। पांच सितारा जिंदगी जी रहे है। भूखे और अनपढ़ वनवासियों के लिए अभिवक्ति की स्वतन्त्रा और मानवाधिकार का जहर परोस रहे है। इन्ही लोगो की फौज तैयार करके देश की सेना के खिलाफ युद्ध कर वा रहे है। इस संघर्ष की पराकाष्टआ सैन्य विद्रोह में परिवर्तित करना इसका उद्देश्य है। यह कह रही है की नोटबन्दी पहले सबको बात कर लंबे विचार के बाद करना चाहिए था। आधार को भी बहुत बुरा बात रही है क्योंकि डायरेक्ट लाभार्थी ट्रांसफर की नीति से लाखों लाखो फर्ज़ी उपभोक्ता को पकड़ा गया इससे भड़के हुये हैं। मोदी द्वारा एक लाख से ज्यादा ऐसे देशद्रोही एनजीओ को बंद करने से ये लोग अवैध सहायता बन्द होने से बहुत ही ज़्यादा आक्रामक हो गए है। यह विदेशो के भारत से भिन्न छद्म उदाहरण देकर देश के नवयुवको को आपराधिक सीमा तक भड़क रही है।पूरा वीडियो एक फिक्स्ड क्रिकेट मैच है।

[@renginroj4643]

Love and respect from Kurdistan ❤️☀️🍀

[@asifhussain2873]

Intellectuals are really mirror of sociaty .

[@anindyakantidey2794]

I am a great admirer of Roy. We need more people like her in this difficult fascist state of our dear country.

[@sureshkumar-vs1jj]

Caste should be abolished with immediate effect

[@asthapandey6215]

Intellectual woman... so self conscious

[@zizu1947]

Arundhati Roy it’s a pleasure to hear you thoughts. Hatred will only take us to self destruction. We in Pakistan after 70 years have realized that Hindus were not our problem, our problem is governance or the lack of it. We need to educate on war footings, fight corruption, bring reforms in our judicial system and take care of our poorest. Every human is capable of achieving greatness if provided opportunity. India is an incredible country. It has the people to take to it to great heights. I am certain that there will be a time when the poor people of this region will come out of sufferings. Inshallah

[@123lenu]

Qazi : Atleast you have identified where the problem is in your country.Communists of India always says the problem is govt, will not allow to uplift poor sections and says fighting for poor. . Even after 70yrs some parts of communist india doesn't have paved roads, they keep blowing bridges and roads.They want india to be poor to prove their existence. This is much harder fight because the opponent gives dissent lectures like Roy which is hard to nail.

[@saiware8565]

Qazi Bhai...thanks for your rationale thinking. Both personalities on screen are anti govt. They find problem in every situation and point finger at government whatever happens. Arundhati Roy is good at rhetoric but her pro Naxal views aren't justified.

[@themaverick7707]

What pro naxal? She only fights for the rights of the adivasis.

[@themaverick7707]

Good one Qazi ji.

[@artman7780]

Karthik Kumar Most adivasis don’t support the Naxals as they often get attacked by them. Adivasis support the government while she supports the Maoists.

[@priyankak.835]

Aapko mera koti koti Salaamm.. Aise writers apni jaan ko jokhim mai daal kr janta ki grassroots ki problems likhte hain.. Aap Great hain Arundati ji..

[@sureshkumar-vs1jj]

Arundhati Roy’......m a great fan of ur writing......u r just superb......thanks

[@pb1pb581]

fiction & facts are different. someone from fiction world want to force her fictitious idea into real world with the expectation that the world should accept it as they have lapped it up in her other avtar! That's unreasonable & inappropriate!!

[@ashakti5467]

Thank you for speaking truth to power!

[@arishkhan-lz8yz]

finally arundhati says present , she was absent from politics for the last 4 years , der aye drust aye.

[@sukumardutta9260]

Arundhuti Roy is world renowned author and a great part of humansociety Arundhuti is lovely and shining on the greater society of the world it is valuable for ever

[@arupchand6634]

Oldie,,, ammama

[@humlog6891]

i feel very proud if she gives interview to Arnab

[@priyakulkarni9583]

Amazing genius slowly but surely working towards betterment of Hinduism 🕉 her vision of india is broad where there is celebration of death of casteism and untouchability

[@ANKITPANDEY-vm8kx]

The best video on KZbin right now!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@kpmoideenkutty8310]

Llp🐩

[@brahmos4451]

Arundhati Roy you are proud of India satye mein vijayte

[@Aaradhya_singhh]

Yes you jehadi see what she is saying .. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIOypX-Zq81lp7s

[@123lenu]

What are you proud of in her ? A shitty women showing her true posinious mind saying Kashmir wants independence from India.

[@prashantjohnmichael]

I adored her and wrote a "protest song" listening to her talk in the US years ago. Now after listening to Rajeev Malhotra and other Indian intellectuals and academics her comments on how " casteism" is more heinious than the racism in the US, australia etc (genocide of Aboriginals to this day) makes me feel she is not really constructive but heavily biased. Probably understandable since she often comes up against injustice and belligerence. The Hindu bashing really needs to stop. This is a trend around the world. It's a spirituality that exceeds other philosophies by leaps and bounds and perhaps that angers the so called civilized world to no end.Hence the need to trash it.This caste business is not a Hindu sanction but rather a cultural perversion. All cultures have this problem in some shape or form.

[@surindermarkanda2924]

india was ruled by muslims and then by british now it is ruled by foreign educated English speaking pseudo inteelectuas they do not know vedas they call it mythology then who has introduced caste ? they are chiefs and then blaming the poor Indians Hindus ---sheer stupids. nothing else

[@AyubKhan-qx2sd]

I would like to appreciate her intellectual Opinions, I love the way she talks and speaks all about Indian people political issues and their life style .she is really very smart in her deep expressions . she is a so inspiring and influencing women in our intellectual societies among well educated people and civil society people by her freedom of expressions and freedom of thoughts So inspiring a woman commands lot of respect in the whole world of intellect and the world wisdom.she raises her voice everywhere against the murder of justice,violation of human rights and violation of women fundamental rights , women empowerment , women freedom .. she has got a beautiful voice very naturally .. and i would like to appreciate the way she speaks and talks by her unique stylize .. in a very innocent way . i have deep observation all about her beautiful unique life style ..she has been influencing by her smart life style always in our intellectual society by her beautiful expressions . Wishing you all the best With Happy New year 2019 .Ayub Khan Best Regards

[@jamesbond314]

Bravo arundhati Roy Bravo

[@lingayyavelpulla3945]

Excellent

[@satanking35]

Arundhati Jee give more interviews u are a well known figure internationally people listen to u

[@aurinko5431]

My Kind of caring & loving Bharat Mata

[@bsr8665]

Crippled perception 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@shivammishra-yu6fs]

It's always to hear u ad read u . #gr8 respect love

[@shavikreddy1933]

she is a writer who is biased with her thoughts and views. Her books have many factual errors. It is unfortunate that our country is producing writers who have historical errors and factual faults yet survive as modern writers.

[@ahmedshaikh4133]

I haven't witnesses so pleasing expression of thoughts ever

[@sjayban]

Agree, sadly - "What hope is there ...." ? Really, is there ? Time will tell ...

[@bankimkulshreshtha8695]

Both of these noble souls have burned their hands for raising voices in favour of oppressed,communalism,public causes,,basically no other offence has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed,,and in that respect all those who fight for oppressed & exploited in their professional ,social,personal or in any capacity are urban naxals,,according to fascist state appraisal,,,it best for the humanity in order to keep the torch of citizens democratic & Constitutional rights burning especially for oppressed humanity,,,Advocate Bankim Kulshreshtha

[@finnyforever08]

When teesta asks her if she ever feels personally threatened or worried (that she might be the next target of cases or arrest), at 17:55 she says "in my case the stakes are just higher". She doesn't explain what she means by that - but she seems to hint at being too strategic a piece to be targetted. Really?

[@ravin2363]

A Frica she stands high on the world stage because of her writings.

[@pushpendramishra9072]

Love you both mam!💐

[@rno113020154]

With respect, i think Ms Roy is yet to see the whole of India. No wonder so many disagree with her narrative of "oppressive regime targeting all minorities in every nook and corner in a unique fascist manner". I am sure she will find something positive that goes on in India if she chooses to look without her holier-than-thou lenses.

[@venkateshgopalarathnam1933]

drishtikone.com/2018/09/why-has-delhi-high-court-justice-muralidhars-relationship-to-gautam-navlakha-not-been-disclosed/

[@ismailpatel833]

Arundhtiroy, Tigress of INDIA.

[@topgun1991]

DISCRIMINATION ENDEMIC IN ALL RELIGIONS While an elaborate body of literature exists about caste discrimination among the Hindus, it is worth mentioning that the Muslims and the Christians of Indian subcontinent also have caste based distinctions. In West Punjab , Pakistani society also has a number of castes. The highest castes in Pakistan are Pathan, Ranghar and Syeds. Awans, Dogars, Jats , and Arains are ranked in middle , with a number of artisan and menial castes ranked gradually lower. The Chooras, or the caste of sweepers, are mostly Christian in Pakistan, and they face the same discrimination as do Mazhbi Sikhs and Dalit Hindus in India. Their houses are generally located on the outskirts of the villages. In both India and Pakistan upper caste converts to Christianity generally preserve their caste names and identity. In certain cases they have separate pews in churches and different burial grounds then those of lower caste Christians. This is hardly different from separate White and Black Churches in many parts of USA , although no Church openly admits to discrimination. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF SLAVERY IN CHRISTIANITY Historically, within Christianity the theological basis of the hereditary enslavement of Blacks can be traced to the two Papal Bulls of 1452 and 1455 which sanctioned Christian Europeans to enslave "Saracens, pagans and any non-believers". Saracens were the Muslims of the time but these bulls were extended by interpretation to include all the Black people or people of colour who were , through theological insinuations, labelled as descendants of the Biblical Cain. Cain, according to the Genesis, had committed fratricide on his noble brother Abel, and was thus along with his descendants "cursed forever". Thus Black Africans became a fair game for abduction and enslavement by the White Europeans who were supposedly the representatives of noble Abel. These decrees were Catholic in their origin but they also influenced Protestant churches many of which also actively supported enslavement of the darker races. The ramifications of these Papal Bulls were felt until 1960s when many of the Americans Churches were still not fully desegregated and actively practiced discrimination against Christians of darker colour. In India too low caste converts to Christianity failed to integrate themselves with their European or even upper caste convert counterparts. In fact, the term Indian Christian became a byword for a low caste convert and ended up as just another stratified caste category with a different name. It did not liberate the convert, as had been his real intention, from a pejorative and socially degrading label. ISLAMIC CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIAN SUB CONTINENT The roots of Islamic caste system in India can be traced to the 14th century decree called "Fatwa-i-Jahandari" of Ziauddin Barani who was the official cleric of the Tughlaqs. The decree introduced a formal division of Ashraf and Ajlaf in the Muslim society of India . Ashrafs were the light-skinned Muslims who had come from Central Asia while the term Ajlaf was used for native converts who were generally darker skinned, and proselytized by means both fair and foul mostly from the lower Hindu castes. Largely , this term was reserved for converts to Islam from occupational castes such as Darzi (tailors), Hajjam or Nai (barber), Julaha (Weaver) , etc although the upper caste Hindu converts were also subsumed in the same category. These lower caste Muslims also later invented the tales of foreign origin to escape discrimination from the upper caste Muslims. Upper caste Hindu converts such as Rajputs and Brahmins maintained their caste identities even after adopting Islam. Rajput converts were generally identified as Khanzada, Ghauri Pathan, Kayamkhani, Ranghar, etc. Brahmin converts to Islam generally styled themselves as Shaikhs. These upper caste converts faced less discrimination but they also could not aspire for the status of a Syed, who was the Ashraf of the highest class, supposedly being a direct descendant of Prophet of Islam. The 1901 census of British India actually records a third even lower class of Muslims called Azrals who belonged to the scavenger castes such as Halalkhor, Lalbegi, Abdal , Bediya , etc. These lowest caste Muslims were reportedly even denied entry to the mosques. So the view popularized in colonial era , and a view espoused by the Marxist historians who seized the historical narrative since then, that conversions to Islam, and later to Christianity, happened because of the desire of the low caste Indian natives to escape discrimination is inter alia not fully informed by actual sociological evidence on the ground. www.sikhcastes.com/

[@junebhattacharjee9669]

Interesting issues she has great fore sight and focus

[@vikashindia2745]

She is a great writer. And always honest with her work

[@god-of-war-fan]

she is delusional

[@subscriber6479]

I can listen to her for hour

[@razshi]

My favourite arundathi

[@vimalsehgal9007]

Why she is not arrested.

[@tracknorth8394]

I agree with her almost on all the points she made. But I don't think one can compare India with the USA in terms of dissent, protest or opposition to the apex authority. America follows sort of a pure federal constitutional structure where all the states are independent in terms of policy design and implementation. American citizens even enjoy dual citizenship: one of a USA citizen and the other of a citizen of their corresponding state; unlike India, where states are not independent, rather dependent on the center. So the point is, Americans enjoy more freedom, security and safe space to exercise their freedom of speech, unlike India. But of course, even within this limitation many things can be done to save democracy.

[@ismailpatel833]

Teestaji, Tigress of INDIA.

[@swapnilunawane2367]

a fearless woman , a role model for men though....wonder why so less view count ..KZbin is throttling stuff. i guess.

[@naginparmar548]

👍🙏👍

[@eComy]

Pandey she has solution absolutely, did u no t get it, we need to change our union govt, the problems we are facing automatically will vanish off.

[@123lenu]

Changing Govt. will only solve her personal problem, not India's.

[@eComy]

@@123lenu ya, absolutely right we are part of society not part of nation.

[@ratnadoley9605]

She is global icon

[@mukundrao9879]

Show me her video or book where she mentioned greatness of India.... These r being nurtured by with some awards to confuse, promote anti nationalism in a very subtle way..... Like Mr Satyajit Ray who spent all his life in showing India as a worst place in the world and finally got Oscar..... We need to understand these tactics played foreigners to destabilize or downgrade us.

[@keramnadu2946]

Very interested discussion, respected activist s.

[@nani5987]

You have ignored dissent for a long time ... Now its your turn to be ignored....karma i mean

[@keshavkanttripathi6483]

i want to marry Arundhati.

[@Pork393]

She talks of Gujarat relentlessly but never mentions a word about the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits? Does she have any credibility? Teesta is a notorious liar, has don't know how many charges on her.

[@YogeshKrNegi]

Both, Ms Roy and Sitalvad hold a good discussion.

[@swarnimjha6198]

The very fact that you always speak rubbish and get your hand's clean speaks about your propaganda people are going to gain nothing with roy dissent is good not at the cost of misusing it ..

[@deepakchaudhry2403]

It is enlightening and heart warming to hear Arundhati Roy in times like now. Thanks to News Clickin for providing a platform for views of intelligent speakers,which most paid media won't do or can't afford to do for obvious reasons.

[@Aaradhya_singhh]

She who is interviewing ... Tista seetalvaad .. there is list of this kinds of persons we don't believe on these guys

[@Aaradhya_singhh]

Madam Arundhati Roy ... aapko kai janam aur lena padega kashmir ko bharat se azzad karna ... Kashmir is india and India is kashmir

[@123lenu]

Sanjeev : India will get entire kashmir back before its 100th independence.

[@83abhinavnigam]

Kahin aisa na ho ki india aur pakistan kasmir ko leke jhagda karte rahen , aur utne me china uspe kabja kar le . Phir ?

[@tickle296]

Great personalities, both of them. Thanks to SC, if it didn't exist, humanity in India would have come to a dead halt. And also, the HC at Calcutta, ruling in favour of the employees....giving them back their dignity, the human dignity to be precise. Thanks to the Institutions.

[@Jas-jf8kj]

Brilliant analysis by both sides 👏👏

[@veenabedi4252]

Both corrupt ladies singing the same tune & talking about dissent, where is the dissenting voice

[@mazumdar2379]

ওকে

[@gopikantha4460]

But even the dalits believed modi would have bought in some change in the future of India.....these people are not going to learn

[@idealist.blogger]

brilliant and brave.

[@deepkamble2754]

she has a deep knowledge on states and minorities

[@anilittyerah9556]

Articulation at its best, well done !!!

[@gajendrachandra1022]

Thank u newsclick for having such a person

[@swarleyyyy8206]

I just loving listening to Arundhati Roy; she's so wise !

[@kamalakshyamajila9036]

her presence in new delhi is the biggest proof how tolerant india is.

[@casiandsouza7031]

We are so insulated in our culture from other Indian cultures.

[@anandad4965]

We tolerate your nonsense, everyday.

[@ARUNKUMAR-wl6xb]

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[@Pork393]

Champion of poor ARUNDHATI Roy, u need to answer why even after 70yrs there is poverty in India? There r no attacks on. Dalits, again a blatant lie. Gaurakshaks r against the robbery of their cows. Learn to deal with it or remain in UK or wherever.

[@Trollika_Devi]

No attacks on dalits? You must live under a rock.

[@shammi1960]

Each of those who are involved in power, lie with the same attitude of Modi सत्ता में शामिल प्रत्येक व्यक्ति, मोदी के समान दृष्टिकोण के साथ झूठ बोलता है satta mein shaamil pratyek vyakti, modee ke samaan drishtikon ke saath jhooth bolta hai, We are fool and foolish fell in the trap of the day, जनता के लिए मोदी बाबा का ठूलू

[@KS-jr3ko]

Peddling antinationalism since ages..

[@padmamakkena6730]

Dissent should be for worthwhile cause. Dissent for the sake of dissent is not acceptable. Only chatter and no substance.

[@eComy]

Jai bheem

[@sunilbansal5294]

True Bengali intellectual lofty talks without substance.

[@yehudimehta]

She is not a Bengali.

[@anindya3077]

her father is indeed Bengali

[@Videocentric2010]

Ah teesta and arundhati! My two favorite women.

[@Pork393]

There is a saying ignorance is bliss! There are no castes but JATI. It shows the basic lack of knowledge of the civilisation. Extremely deplorable! Nothing to be proud of!

[@ericrobinson7184]

Roy's political commentary is a goldmine of insights...surely she's a national treasure.

[@binoygupta7903]

Anti national 😡🤬

[@sgautamp]

Intellect like u give us hope

[@123lenu]

Gautam : An intellect to break india again ? looks like you want to repeat 200 yrs of freedom struggle by your great ancestors.

[@Adv.jeetu_official]

अगर हिंदी में होता तो कुछ ज्यादा समझ में आता ll

[@shammi1960]

मोदी तो हिंदी में ही है क्या अजतक किसी के सामझ अया

[@NavedHasan12345]

Arundhati is the jewel of India

[@surindermarkanda2924]

what a joke ! who is foregion funded want to destroy Hinduism civilization what muslims and british could not do they have taken the task

[@123lenu]

She is a Jewel until she is proven a jewel thief.

[@rumeetshah764]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@sanchan7312]

Bhootni hindu hater

[@adarshbalakrishnan4664]

one of the most respected figure Arundhathi ...always shining solo

[@ramjr1747]

aunty ganja kaha se le ti ho app

[@Pork393]

She talks of Gujarat relentlessly but never mentions a word about the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits? Does she have any credibility? Teesta is a notorious liar, has don't know how many charges on her.

[@prabathkiran5606]

But but pandits. Pandits has become pans in this country.

[@user-vp6dx6bp5j]

Pork if I agree with your point for a minute, my question to you what has been done till now from bjp or the so called pro kashmiri pandits parties/who call themselves most concerned towards kashmiri pandits ??? And what is done by you or people like you other tha commenting here?? What is stopping people like you and the pro hindu party who is in full majority now for 4yrs now

[@rumeetshah764]

0 credibility. Even her Gujarat reports are all fabricated.