* Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy, full name Suzanna Arundhati Roy, (born November 24, 1961, Shillong, Meghalaya, India), Indian author, actress, and political activist who was best known for the award-winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and Human rights causes.
Her Life
Roy’s Father Was A Bengali Tea Planter, And Her Mother Was A Christian Of Syrian Descent Who Challenged India's Inheritance Laws By Successfully Suing For The Right Of Christian Women To Receive An Equal Share Of Their Fathers’ Estates. Though Trained As An Architect, Roy Had Little Interest In Design; She Dreamed Instead Of A Writing Career. After A Series Of Odd Jobs, Including Artist And Aerobics Instructor, She Wrote And Costarred In The Film In Which Annie Gives It To Those Ones (1989) And Later Penned Scripts For The Film Electric Moon (1992) And Several Television Dramas.
Her Novels And Works
In 1997 Roy Published Her Debut Novel, The God Of Small Things To Wide Acclaim. The Semiautobiographical Work Departed From The Conventional Plots And Light Prose That Had Been Typical Among Best-Sellers. Composed In A Lyrical Language About South Asian Themes And Characters In A Narrative That Wandered Through Time, Roy’s Novel Became The Biggest-Selling Book By A Nonexpatriate Indian Author And Won The 1998 Man Booker Prise. Roy’s Subsequent Literary Output Largely Consisted Of Politically Oriented Nonfiction, Much Of It Aimed At Addressing The Problems Faced By Her Homeland In The Age Of Global Capitalism. Among Her Publications Were Power Politics , The Algebra Of Infinite Justice , War Talk , Public Power In The Age Of Empire.
In 2017 Roy Published The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness, Her First Novel In 20 Years. The Work Blends Personal Stories With Topical Issues As It Uses A Large Cast Of Characters, Including A Transgender Woman And A Resistance Fighter In Kashmir, To Explore Contemporary India.
She Is Well Known Novelist. She Is Most Popular Writer In Literature. She Give Lot Of Work In Literature.
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