From today's India Times
'A Thousand Pities'
SC holds Arundhati Roy guilty for contempt of court;
sentences her to symbolic imprisonment of one day and a
fine of Rs.2000, non-payment of which means simple
imprisonment for three months.
SUNDEEP DOUGAL
Writer Vikram Seth, during his short visit to Delhi for the ICCR
lit fest, had spoken with premonition on what he aptly
described as the danda or the law of the land: "It would be a
great pity if there were no balance in the use of power by either
the writers or the court ... it would be a terrible pity if we were
to feel muzzled. Activists or not, if we were to look over our
shoulder every time we wrote, it would be a thousand pities. It
would be a thousand pities if people mistrusted the courts
because it were perceived to be unjustly crushing the other
possible champions of the people."
for rest of article and related links, see:
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20020306&fname=arundhati&sid=1
Joanna