subject: Arundhati Roy's home besieged by protesters [print this page] Roy called on the Indian media to act more responsibly. "The government has indicated that it does not intend to go ahead with the charges of sedition against me ... So the task of punishing me for my views seems to have been taken on by right-wing storm troopers ... But why are sections of the mainstream media doing the same? Is a writer with unpopular views more dangerous than a suspect in a bomb blast?"
