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This blog is about famous Indian author Arundhati Roy. She is famous for his novel The God of Small Things which won the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 1997 and became the biggest selling book by non- expatriate Indian author. first of all I am discussed about her life and some of the facts. And then answer of three questions asked by Dr. Dilip barad sir as thinking activity.
Arundhati Roy :
Her full name is Suzanna Arundhati Roy . She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.
Born: 24 November 1961 ( age 58 )
Shillong, Assam.
Notable work :
- The God of Small Things ( 1997)
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
- Power politics (2001)
- The Algebra of Infinite Justice (2002)
- War Talk (2003)
- Public Power in the Age of Empire (2004)
- Field Notes on Democracy : Listening to Grasshoppers (2009)
- Broken Republic : Three Essays (2011)
Notable awards :
- Booker Prize ( 1997)
- Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Coriting (2011)
- Sydney Peace prize
- National Film Award for best screenplay
- Lannan Cultural Freedom Award in 2002
She spent her childhood in Aymanan in Kerala, which has also been written about in her semi autobiographical book the God of Small Things.
She also got into acting. Her Second husband filmmaker Pradeep Kishen cast her for a minor role in the television serials on India's Independence movement and on two Films Annie and Electronic Moon. She attracted attention in 1994 when she criticised Shekhar Kapur's film review titled " The Great Indian Rape Trick", and charged Kapur with exploiting Devi and misrepresenting both her life and it's meaning.
She has also written against many government politics of India, Sri Lanka and the US. She was recently criticised for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nomination a tragedy and calling Modi the Most militaristic and aggressive Prime Ministerial candidate.
In this novel she talked about unbearable truths of society such as wretched condition of Dalit, humiliated life of Transgender, mediocre government, rape, murder and more over the story is about the marginalized group of people. Who are victims of injustice, inequality and prejudice. The novel is the multidimensional and multi layered story. She is born in upper class family but looks at society for the viewpoint of marginalized community. She also mentioned terrorism in this novel.
- If you are asked about Arundhati Roy what will be your answer?
If any one asked about Arundhati Roy and my answer is this, she is versatile genius. Because she worked in various fields like authorship, as an actor, screenplay writer and work for human rights etc; One of the well known Indian English authors. Her first novel is The God of Small Things. She won the Booker Prize for this novel. In her novel we find that current problems of India. Very beautifully she discussed each and every things.
2. If you are asked about two novels by her what will be your answer ?
My answer is The God of Small things and second is The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.
1. The God of Small Things :
This novel is her debut novel. In which she talked about untouchability, social exclusion, feminism, postcolonial cosmopolitanism and childhood experiences of fraternal twins, whose lives are destroyed by the ' love laws '. And also I t throws light on some important things of life how love is always associated with sadness, how a person's childhood experiences affect his or her perspectivism and whole life. The novel highlights the situation of women in the society.
2. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness :
This is the second novel by Arundhati Roy. Twenty year after her debut novel in 2017 she published her second novel. That is translated into 50 languages , including Urdu and Hindi.
In this novel she talked about unbearable truths of society such as wretched condition of Dalit, humiliated life of Transgender, mediocre government, rape, murder and more over the story is about the marginalized group of people. Who are victims of injustice, inequality and prejudice. The novel is the multidimensional and multi layered story. She is born in upper class family but looks at society for the viewpoint of marginalized community. She also mentioned terrorism in this novel.
3. If you are asked about her perspective towards life what will be your answer?
That is a difficult question for me to answer Arundhati Roy's perspective towards life. We can say that she expressed her life in her works. So her work through we get idea about her perspective towards life.
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