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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 Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author.
Jun 18, 2024 · 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...
1 day ago · Arundhati Roy and former professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain are accused of delivering provocative speeches during an event in Delhi in 2010. The speeches allegedly advocated for the secession of Kashmir from India. The controversial conference, held on October 21, 2010, was titled ‘Azadi - The Only Way’ and took place at LTG Auditorium, Copernicus Marg in New Delhi. The event featured several prominent figures, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, SAR Geelani, Varavara Rao, and Sheikh Showkat ...
Jun 15, 2024 · Fourteen years after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against author-activist Arundhati Roy and Dr. Sheikh Showkat Hussain, former professor at the Central University of Kashmir,...
6 days ago · Arundhati Roy (born November 24, 1961, Shillong, Meghalaya, India) is an Indian author and political activist who is best known for the award-winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes, which resulted in various legal problems.
Oct 12, 2023 · 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...
Feb 9, 2013 · Arundhati Roy is an Indian writer who is also an activist who focuses on issues related to social justice and economic inequality. She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel, The God of Small Things, and has also written two screenplays and several collections of essays.
Mar 5, 2014 · Written in 1936 by B. R. Ambedkar, the progressive leader who drafted the Indian Constitution and converted to Buddhism, the essay is perhaps the most famous modern-day attack on India’s caste...
Oct 11, 2023 · The Indian authorities have charged the renowned novelist Arundhati Roy over public comments she made 13 years ago about the restive Kashmir region, the latest step in an intensifying crackdown...
Arundhati Roy was born in 1960 in Kerala, India. She studied architecture at the Delhi School of Architecture and worked as a production designer. She has written two screenplays, including Electric Moon (1992), commissioned by Channel 4 television.
