On May 16, The News indeed published the story with Roy’s quote on its front page with the headline, Indian atrocities in IHK shameful: Arundhati Roy. And guess what? It cites “the Indian media” as the source. Not one or two news organisations but the entire Indian media. We reached out to Fasih-Ur-Rehman, Political Affairs Editor at The News to know more about this source but were told that he could not be of any help to us. He asked us to reach out to Talat Aslam, Senior Editor, The News, Karachi. Our calls to Aslam’s office and his mobile number yielded no results. But given his Twitter handle states that he is “just as obsessed with the sublime as with the ridiculous”, we’re hoping to reach out to him soon and get a clear answer on the origins of Roy’s fake quote. This piece will be updated as and when we succeed.