Empowered women arundhati roy

Empowered women arundhati roy

1. Arundhati Roy AN EXTRA ORDINARY WOMAN EXCELLING IN THE FIELD OF LITERATURE

2. FACTS ABOUT ARUNDATHI ROY Born Full name: Suzanna Arundhati Roy 24 November 1961 (age 52) Shillong , Assam (present-day Meghalaya ), India Occupation Writer, essayist, activist Nationality Indian Period 1997–present Notable works The God of Small Things Notable awards Man Booker Prize (1997) Sydney Peace Prize (2004)

3. early life of arundhathi Roy born in Shillong, Meghalaya (INDIA) When she was two, her parents divorced and she returned with her mother ,and brother to Kerala school - 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

4. ABOUT ARUNDHATI’S CAREER Early career: screenplays Roy attracted attention in 1994, when she criticised Shekhar Kapur 's film Bandit Queen , based on the life of Phoolan Devi She wrote the screenplays for In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones

5. LITERARY CAREER The God of Small Things ( 1992) Captures her childhood experiences in Aymanam Received the 1997 Booker Prize for Fiction Listed as one of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year for 1997 4 TH position on the New York Times Bestsellers list

6. SACRIFICIES MADE FOR THE SOCIETY . 3 Sardar Sarovar Project 4. Support for Kashmiri separatism 5.Criticism she raised for Israel 6. The questions she raised for - 2001 Indian Parliament attack 1. Roy has devoted herself mainly to nonfictional writings and political activism ,, as well as working for social causes 2. spokesperson of the anti-globalization / alter-globalization movement and a vehement critic of neo-imperialism and of the global policies of the United States7

7. 7. The Muthanga incident 8. India's nuclear weaponisation 9. Comments she made on -- 2008 Mumbai attack 10.Criticism of Sri Lankan government 11. Views on the Naxalites 12. Sedition charges 13. Criticism of Anna Hazare 14. Views on Narendra Modi

8. The awards she gained for her selfless actions and hard work Arundhati Roy was awarded the Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small things she won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay in 1989 In 2002, she won the Lannan Foundation 's Cultural Freedom Award Awards she gained for her hardwork and selfless actions

9.   In 2003, she was awarded 'special recognition' as a Woman of Peace at the Global Exchange Human Rights Awards Roy was awarded the Sydney peace prize In January 2006, she was awarded the Sahitya Akademy Award , a national award from India's Academy of Letters ,, The Algebra of Infinite Justice , In November 2011, she was awarded the Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Writing Roy was featured in the 2014 list of Time 100 .