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Arundhati Roy: Made By: Martin Pavlov, XII

Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and activist known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won the Man Booker Prize in 1997. Some key facts about Roy include: she was born in 1961 in Shillong, India and grew up in Kerala; she studied architecture but also worked in film and television before achieving success as a writer; her writing focuses on social and political issues and she is known for her activism around causes like human rights, environmental protection, and criticism of globalization policies.

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Arundhati Roy: Made By: Martin Pavlov, XII

Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and activist known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won the Man Booker Prize in 1997. Some key facts about Roy include: she was born in 1961 in Shillong, India and grew up in Kerala; she studied architecture but also worked in film and television before achieving success as a writer; her writing focuses on social and political issues and she is known for her activism around causes like human rights, environmental protection, and criticism of globalization policies.

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  • Introduction: Presents a brief introduction to Arundhati Roy with a photograph.
  • Who is Arundhati Roy?: Provides background information on Arundhati Roy’s career and achievements.
  • Early Life: Describes Arundhati Roy's early life, including her family and education through her early school years.
  • Personal Life: Details aspects of Roy's personal life such as her return to Delhi and personal relationships.
  • Career: Overview of Arundhati Roy's career, including her work in screenplays and novels.
  • Advocacy: Explores Arundhati Roy’s advocacy work and her stance on political and social issues.

Arundhati Roy

(1961 - )

Made by : Martin Pavlov, XIIb


Who is Arundhati Roy?
 Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961)
is an Indian author best known for her novel The
God of Small Things (1997), which won the Man
Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the
best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian
author. She is also a political activist involved in
human rights and environmental causes.
Early life
 Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, India, to
Mary Roy, a Malayali Syrian Christian women's rights
activist from Kerala and Rajib Roy. When she was two,
her parents divorced and she returned to Kerala with her
mother and brother. For some time, the family lived with
Roy's maternal grandfather in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. When
she was five, the family moved back to Kerala, where her
mother started a school.

 Roy attended school at Corpus Christi, Kottayam,


followed by the Lawrence School, Lovedale, in Nilgiris,
Tamil Nadu. She then studied architecture at the School
of Planning and Architecture, Delhi.
Personal life

 Roy returned to Delhi, where she obtained a position with the


National Institute of Urban Affairs. In 1984, she met independent
filmmaker Pradip Krishen, who offered her a role as a goatherd in his
award-winning movie Massey Sahib. Later, the two married. They
collaborated on a television series on India's independence movement
and on two films, Annie and Electric Moon. Disenchanted with the
film world, Roy experimented with various fields, including running
aerobics classes. Roy and Krishen eventually separated. She became
financially secure with the success of her novel The God of Small
Things, published in 1997.

 Roy is a cousin of prominent media personality Prannoy Roy, the


head of the Indian television media group NDTV. She lives in Delhi.
Career

Screenplays
Career

The God of Small Things


Career

Television serial / documentary /


The Ministry of Utmost
Happiness
Advocacy

 Since publishing The God of Small Things in


1997, Roy has spent most of her time on political
activism and nonfiction (such as collections of
essays about social causes). She is a spokesperson
of the anti-globalization/alter-globalization
movement and a vehement critic of neo-
imperialism and U.S. foreign policy. She opposes
India's policies toward nuclear weapons as well
as industrialization and economic growth.
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