Editing Arundhati Roy (section)

===Views on the Naxalites===
Roy has criticised the Indian government's [[Operation Green Hunt|armed actions]] against the [[Naxalite-Maoist insurgency]] in India, calling it "war on the poorest people in the country". According to her, the government has "abdicated its responsibility to the people"<ref name="Thapar">Karan Thapar, [http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-is-a-corporate-hindu-state-arundhati/130817-3.html "India is a corporate, Hindu state: Arundhati"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227204935/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-is-a-corporate-hindu-state-arundhati/130817-3.html |date=27 December 2013 }}, ''CNN-IBN'', 12 September 2010.</ref> and launched the offensive against Naxals to aid the corporations with whom it has signed [[Memorandum of Understanding|Memoranda of Understanding]].<ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/govt-at-war-with-naxals-to-aid-mncs-arundhati/103627-3-single.html "Govt at war with Naxals to aid MNCs: Arundhati"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227204938/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/govt-at-war-with-naxals-to-aid-mncs-arundhati/103627-3-single.html |date=27 December 2013 }}, ''IBNLive'', 21 October 2009.</ref> While she has received support from various quarters for her views,<ref>Amulya Ganguli, [http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/main-article_rooting-for-rebels_1381959 "Rooting for rebels"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312064410/http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/main-article_rooting-for-rebels_1381959 |date=12 March 2013 }}, 11 May 2010. ''DNA India''.</ref> Roy's description of the Maoists as "[[Gandhism|Gandhians]]" raised a controversy.<ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264738-0 "Walking With The Comrades"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015221518/http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264738-0 |date=15 October 2013 }}, ''Outlook'' cover story, 29 March 2010.</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cops-shouldnt-have-used-public-bus-Arundhati/articleshow/5946936.cms "Cops shouldn't have used public bus: Arundhati"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522084054/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cops-shouldnt-have-used-public-bus-Arundhati/articleshow/5946936.cms |date=22 May 2010 }}, ''The Times of India'', 19 May 2010.</ref> In other statements, she has described Naxalites as patriots "of a kind"<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Naxals-are-patriots-Arundhati/Article1-629303.aspx |title=Naxals are patriots: Arundhati |newspaper=Hindustan Times |access-date=18 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120023756/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Naxals-are-patriots-Arundhati/Article1-629303.aspx |archive-date=20 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> who are "fighting to implement the Constitution, (while) the government is vandalising it".<ref name="Thapar"/>
[[File:Arundhati Roy delivering a talk on “The Doctor and The Saint- The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate,” JMI.jpg|thumb|Roy at the [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] in March 2014]]