Editing Arundhati Roy (section)

===Comments on 2008 Mumbai attacks===
In an opinion piece for ''The Guardian'' in December 2008, Roy argued that the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]] cannot be seen in isolation, but must be understood in the context of wider issues in the region's history and society such as widespread poverty, the [[Partition of India]] ("Britain's final, parting kick to us"), the atrocities committed during the [[2002 Gujarat violence]], and the ongoing [[Kashmir conflict]]. Despite this call for context, Roy stated in the article that she believes "nothing can justify terrorism", and calls terrorism "a heartless ideology". Roy warned against [[India–Pakistan relations|war with Pakistan]], arguing that it is hard to "pin down the provenance of a terrorist strike and isolate it within the borders of a single nation state", and that war could lead to the "descent of the whole region into chaos".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news | last = Roy | first = Arundhati  | title = The Monster in the Mirror | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 13 December 2008| url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/12/mumbai-arundhati-roy | access-date = 18 January 2010| location = London | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130905091642/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/12/mumbai-arundhati-roy | archive-date = 5 September 2013| url-status = live }}</ref> [[Salman Rushdie]] and others strongly criticised her remarks and condemned her for linking the [[2008 Mumbai attacks|Mumbai attacks]] with [[Kashmir]] and economic injustice against [[Islam in India|Muslims in India]];<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/All_terrorism_roads_lead_to_Pakistan_says_Salman_Rushdie/articleshow/3855871.cms |title=All terrorism roads lead to Pakistan, says Rushdie |date=18 December 2008 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=18 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221041010/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/All_terrorism_roads_lead_to_Pakistan_says_Salman_Rushdie/articleshow/3855871.cms |archive-date=21 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rushdie criticised Roy for attacking the iconic status of the [[Taj Mahal Palace and Tower]].<ref>{{Cite news | title = Rushdie Slams Arundhati Roy | newspaper = [[The Times of India]] | date = 18 December 2008| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videoshow/3858343.cms | access-date = 18 January 2010| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170913024319/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videoshow/3858343.cms | archive-date = 13 September 2017| url-status = live }}</ref> Indian writer [[Tavleen Singh]] called Roy's comments "the latest of her series of hysterical diatribes against India and all things Indian".<ref>{{cite news | last = Singh | first = Tavleen | title = The Real Enemies | newspaper = [[The Indian Express]] | date = 21 December 2008| url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-real-enemies/400963/ | access-date = 18 January 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100106020522/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-real-enemies/400963/ | archive-date = 6 January 2010| url-status = live }}</ref>