Indian author Arundhati Roy, celebrated for her literary contributions, faces prosecution for comments she made about Kashmir nearly 14 years ago, stating that the disputed region is not an “integral” …
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Suswati Basu
Suswati Basu is a writer, journalist, editor, and activist residing in London. She has written for the Guardian, Huffington Post and the F-Word blogs, and has worked for various media outlets such as the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV News/ITN. She was most recently Head of Audience and Deputy Editor at NationalWorld. She writes for other publications such as ReadWrite. Founder and editor of How To Be Books, as well as chief fact checker. Need to get in touch? Find us at: howtobe247@gmail.com.
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