‘Iran is not Gaza’ – Arundhati Roy

12 Mar 2026

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Award-winning writer and public intellectual, Arundhati Roy stirred the audience in Gurgaon recently when she spoke of the travesty of the war in West Asia, imposed by US and Israel on Iran, threatening to engulf the region and the world.

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