“I am shocked and disgusted,” #ArundhatiRoy wrote, adding that she believed “artists, writers and filmmakers should be doing everything in their power to stop” the war in #Gaza.

“Let me say this clearly: what has happened in Gaza, what continues to happen, is a genocide of the #Palestinian people by the State of #Israel,” she wrote.

The war is “supported and funded by the governments of the United States and #Germany, as well as several other countries in Europe ..."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/14/arundhati-roy-shocked-by-jurys-gaza-remarks-quits-berlin-film-festival

“I am shocked and disgusted,” #ArundhatiRoy wrote, adding that she believed “artists, writers and filmmakers should be doing everything in their power to stop” the war in #Gaza.

“Let me say this clearly: what has happened in Gaza, what continues to happen, is a genocide of the #Palestinian people by the State of #Israel,” she wrote.

The war is “supported and funded by the governments of the United States and #Germany, as well as several other countries in Europe ..."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/14/arundhati-roy-shocked-by-jurys-gaza-remarks-quits-berlin-film-festival

„This morning, like millions of people across the world, I heard the unconscionable statements made by members of the jury of the Berlin film festival when they were asked to comment about the genocide in Gaza. To hear them say that art should not be political is jaw-dropping.“

Author #ArundhatiRoy, 'Shocked and Disgusted' by Jury's #Gaza Remarks, Pulls Out of #Berlinale 2026

https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/author-arundhati-roy-shocked-and-disgusted-by-gaza-remarks-pulls-out-of-berlinale-2026

„This morning, like millions of people across the world, I heard the unconscionable statements made by members of the jury of the Berlin film festival when they were asked to comment about the genocide in Gaza. To hear them say that art should not be political is jaw-dropping.“

Author #ArundhatiRoy, 'Shocked and Disgusted' by Jury's #Gaza Remarks, Pulls Out of #Berlinale 2026

https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/author-arundhati-roy-shocked-and-disgusted-by-gaza-remarks-pulls-out-of-berlinale-2026

a #Trump #Modi deal is nothing but two killers chortling over a crime spree

read #ArundhatiRoy if you don't know Modi's history

#india #USPolitics #Murderers

a #Trump #Modi deal is nothing but two killers chortling over a crime spree

read #ArundhatiRoy if you don't know Modi's history

#india #USPolitics #Murderers

“What we need are people who are prepared to be unpopular. Who are prepared to put themselves in danger. Who are prepared to tell the truth. Brave journalists can do that, and they have. Brave lawyers can do that, and they have. And artists — beautiful, brilliant, brave writers, poets, musicians, painters and filmmakers can do that.

That beauty is on our side.

All of it.”

#Books#MotherMaryComesToMe#ArundhatiRoy #literature

https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/we-are-being-lied-to-responding-to-request-to-hate-each-other-arundhati-roy-10215277/?ref=hometop_hp

“What we need are people who are prepared to be unpopular. Who are prepared to put themselves in danger. Who are prepared to tell the truth. Brave journalists can do that, and they have. Brave lawyers can do that, and they have. And artists — beautiful, brilliant, brave writers, poets, musicians, painters and filmmakers can do that.

That beauty is on our side.

All of it.”

#Books#MotherMaryComesToMe#ArundhatiRoy #literature

https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/we-are-being-lied-to-responding-to-request-to-hate-each-other-arundhati-roy-10215277/?ref=hometop_hp