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Arundhati Roy released
Our Correspondent
Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy and Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar address a
Press conference in the Capital on Thursday. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal
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New Delhi, March 7
Describing her day-long stay in Tihar Jail as incredible and a 100 times better than what she had expected, noted author and Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Arundhati Roy was today greeted with flowers and fruits from her supporters after her release from jail. Having served her one-day symbolic imprisonment and paid a fine of Rs 2,000, she was received by Medha Patkar. Recalling her experience at Tihar, she said: “I met women who have been there for over 20 years, some don’t even know when they will be released. I wanted to stay there instead of paying the fine but realised that it would be making a mockery of what these women were suffering”. She spent the day in jail number six (women’s cell) of the high-security prison. She said she would consult her lawyer on the possibility of challenging the Supreme Court verdict.
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