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How India’s press covers Arundhati Roy
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Trikon has recorded 431 mentions of Arundhati Roy across 274 stories. Of the outlets that carried them, 19% are rated Left, 76% Centre and 5% Right.
Coverage by lean
19% Left (84)76% Centre (327)5% Right (20)
This counts which outlets published, nothing more. A lean rating describes a publication’s editorial tilt; it is never a claim that an outlet favours or opposes anyone.
Outlets covering Arundhati Roy most
| Outlet | Stories |
|---|---|
| Indian Express | 32 |
| The Hindu | 16 |
| Scroll.in | 13 |
| The Guardian | 12 |
| Times of India | 11 |
| Telegraph India | 11 |
| Hindustan Times | 11 |
| ThePrint | 10 |
Named alongside
Kashmir160Supreme Court96Delhi91Kerala39High Court22CJP17Sonam Wangchuk6Jammu5Patna5Bihar4NEET2Prakash Raj2
Recent coverage
Newslaundry · voices
Arundhati Roy: ‘Message from Jantar Mantar is bigger than electoral defeat’
The Indian Express · voices
CJP protests dealt PM Modi bigger blow than election defeat: Arundhati Roy
deccanherald · voices
'PM Modi's image, built over 24 years at the cost of crores, destroyed in 2 weeks by CJP protests': Arundhati Roy
slguardian.org · national
I Came, I Smiled, I Thought I Would Die Before I Saw This — Arundhati Roy
Encyclopedia Britannica · national
Arundhati Roy | Biography, Books, Awards, Pandemic Is a Portal, & Facts
The World from PRX · youth
Author Arundhati Roy on the rise of India’s youth-led ‘Cockroach Party’ protests
Democracy Now! · youth
“Cockroach Democracy”: Arundhati Roy on India’s Youth-Led Protest Movement & Modi’s Collapsing Support
ThePrint · national
Actor John Cusack calls Arundhati Roy his ‘favourite fellow cockroach’. They go back years
The Hindu · national
Arundhati Roy: ‘We are being pushed to the wall’
Telegraph India · youth
Hollywood actor John Cusack backs CJP-led NEET protest, shares Arundhati Roy’s post
Times of India · civil-society
‘You are too precious to lose’: Arundhati Roy, Zoya Akhtar and others urge Sonam Wangchuk to end hunger s
Indian Express · civil-society
Arundhati Roy, Naseeruddin Shah, others urge CJP protesters to end hunger strike
ThePrint · world
Arundhati Roy’s 1989 film used a Beatles song. Without permission
NewsMeter · civil-society
Fact Check: Arundhati Roy speaks about Kashmir’s ‘Azadi’ at Cockroach Janta Party protest? No, video is from 2010
Telugu Post · civil-society
Fact-Check: Old Video of Arundhati Roy’s Remark on Kashmir Falsely Linked to CJP Protest
english.factcrescendo.com · civil-society
Video from 2010 falsely shared as Arundhati Roy’s remark on Kashmir at Cockroach Janta Party protest
AFP Fact Check · civil-society
Decade-old remarks by Arundhati Roy on Kashmir falsely linked to student protest
The Quint · civil-society
Old Speech of Author Arundhati Roy on Kashmir Linked to CJP Protest
Apollo – The International Art Magazine · national
Arundhati Roy, architect
FACTLY · civil-society
This video of Arundhati Roy saying Kashmir is not an integral part of India is from 2010 and is unrelated to the 2026 CJP protest
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