Sedition case against Arundati?

hmm... that is a new one I have heard of.... so it seems Ms.Roy proclaimed that Kashmir is not a part of India and India is an occupying force.... and the sedition laws of India, which are a carry forward from our British raj days, prescribes that ms. Roy can be prosecuted since she might have fostered violence against the country....

leaving aside the legal nuansances of the sedition law, would I, as a citizen, get offended by what Ms. Roy said? come to think of it I would think she went a tad too far... I am all for human rights and that includes the ability to criticise the government but I think Ms.Roy went too far when she claimed that Kashmir was not a part of India... just because she is an Indian citizen and will always stay in India does not make that statement any less.... wouldnt we get offended if a Pakistani says the same thing? yes, we get crazy when Pakistan goes on and on about it... so for Ms. Roy to appear to break up our country and say that Kashmir is not a part of India is quite offensive...

having said that, I think the best way for the government is to ignore her... she is quite irrelevant in the Kashmir issue... nobody listens to her... and she is not going to influence pubilc opinion significantly.... the government should just give her a strict warning and let her off... like a bad child who just stole money from the principal.....