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Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, India, [8] to Mary Roy, a Malayali Jacobite Syrian Christian women's rights activist from Kerala and Rajib Roy, a Bengali Brahmo Samaji [9] tea plantation manager from Kolkata. [10] She has denied false rumors about her being a Brahmin by caste. [9]
Arundhati Roy. The God of Small Things is a family drama novel written by Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" prevalent in 1960s Kerala, India. The novel explores how small, seemingly insignificant occurrences, decisions and experiences shape ...
First UK edition (publ. Flamingo) The Algebra of Infinite Justice (2001) is a collection of essays written by Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy.The book discusses a wide range of issues including political euphoria in India over its successful nuclear bomb tests, the effect of public works projects on the environment, the influence of foreign multinational companies on policy in poorer ...
Arundhati Roy is a Booker prize-winning author and an outspoken activist [Getty Images] Indian author Arundhati Roy has said that she is "delighted" to have been awarded this year's PEN Pinter ...
Booker Prize-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy could be prosecuted for allegedly seditious comments made over a decade ago, after a top official in Delhi said there was enough evidence to lay ...
Credit - David Levenson—Getty Images. Indian writer Arundhati Roy has been awarded the PEN Pinter prize, two weeks after Indian authorities approved legal action over political comments she made ...
Death. Date apprehended. 21 December 2001. Mohammad Afzal Guru (June 1969 – 9 February 2013) was a Kashmiri Islamist militant [3] [4] who was convicted for his role in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack. He received a death sentence for his involvement, which was upheld by the Indian Supreme Court.
Last week, 14 years after the original complaint, Delhi's most senior official granted permission for the Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted under India’s stringent anti ...