In 2003 , the Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha , a social movement for Adivasi land rights in Kerala , organised a major land occupation of a piece of land of a former Eucalyptus plantation in the Muthanga Wildlife Reserve , on the border of Kerala and Karnataka . After 48 days , a police force was sent into the area to evict the occupants . One participant of the movement and a policeman were killed , and the leaders of the movement were arrested . Roy travelled to the area , visited the movement 's leaders in jail , and wrote an open letter to the then Chief Minister of Kerala , A. K. Antony , saying " You have blood on your hands . " In an opinion piece for '' The Guardian '' , Roy argued that the November 2008 Mumbai attacks can not be seen in isolation , but must be understood in the context of wider issues in the region 's history and society such as widespread poverty , the Partition of India ( " Britain 's final , parting kick to us " ) , the atrocities committed during the 2002 Gujarat violence , and the ongoing Kashmir conflict . Despite this call for context , Roy stated in the article that she believes " nothing can justify terrorism " and calls terrorism " a heartless ideology " . Roy warned against war with Pakistan , arguing that it is hard to " pin down the provenance of a terrorist strike and isolate it within the borders of a single nation state " , and that war could lead to the " descent of the whole region into chaos " . Her remarks were strongly criticised by Salman Rushdie and others , who condemned her for linking the Mumbai attacks with Kashmir and economic injustice against Muslims in India ; Rushdie specifically criticised Roy for attacking the iconic status of the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower . Indian writer Tavleen Singh called Roy 's comments " the latest of her series of hysterical diatribes against India and all things Indian "
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