For voicing their opinion and speaking against the injustices, renowned folks are threatened to be ill-treated in India, the world 'largest democracy, which claims devout adherence to the principles of democracy and freedom of expression The Booker prize-winning novelist and human rights campaigner, Arundhati Roy is facing the threat of arrest after claiming that the disputed territory of Kashmir was not an integral part of India. She spoke against the injustices: the rapes, communal killings, looting, and victimizing the poor, which compelled India to accuse her of 'hate speech The persecution for speaking the truth and voicing opinion against inequality, injustice, and oppression has been happening ever since India came into existence I guess whenever a country feels its hegemony and interests are threatened, it takes such actions. This has been happening in the days of the Babylonians, Greeks, the Romans, etc. But India, the so-called largest democracy has gone to extremes and is one of the biggest pariah states of the contemporary era? UNEZA HAMID, Lahore, October 28.