KARACHI: Arundhati Roy

Published August 18, 2002

KARACHI, Aug 17: Social activist and award-winning author of ‘The God of Small Things’, Arundhati Roy, will be the keynote speaker at a seminar on “Peace and Freedom in South Asia” here on Sunday in the Avari Towers. Ms Roy arrived in the city on Saturday.

The organizer of the event requested the participants to be punctual and said those arrving after 2.30pm might not be allowed to enter the venue of the seminar.

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