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"The pen is stronger than the sword." The author of the book "God of Swords" will be prosecuted.

After Arundhati Roy, the author of The God of Small Things, won the PEN-Pinter Award, two weeks later the Delhi governor authorized the prosecution of the writer under India's strict anti-terrorism laws.

The reason was comments in 2010 about the disputed region of Kashmir, where Roy stated that: "Kashmir has never been an integral part of India."

Roy was an outspoken critic of Narendra Modi's policies. Salil Tripathi, a board member of PEN International, wrote in the Guardian last week that while Modi lost his parliamentary majority in recent elections, “it is wrong to assume that [he] has changed”" "The prosecution of a well - known person like Roy is the government's way of warning critics that they should not expect anything else. The sword looms over the critics; the Swarm reminds us why the pen should remain stronger than the sword.”

More than 200 prominent figures in India have signed an open letter calling on the government to reverse the decision. Arundhati Roy is an Indian writer and human rights activist. She has written the novels "The God of Small Things" and "The Ministry of Supreme Happiness", as well as the non-fiction books "Capitalism: A Ghost Story" and "The Algebra of Infinite Justice". Her work has been awarded various literary awards for its talent and raising complex issues such as environmental degradation and human rights violations.

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