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Arundhati Roy was born on November 24, 1961
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Arundhati Roy grew up in Aymanam in Kerala with a Christian mother and a Hindu father. Roy's father was never around during her childhood; so, her mother was her influence. Mary Roy, a political activist, was able to convince the supreme court to grant Christian women in Kerala the right to have an inheritance.
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Arundhati Roy got married to her second husband, Pradip Krishen.
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Arundhati wrote and co-starred in the film "In Which Annie Gives it to Those Ones".
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With her husband directing, and her writing the screenplay the movie, "Electric Moon" was made.
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Roy published her critically acclaimed novel, "The God of Small Things"
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Roy was awarded the Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for her outspoken advocacy of human rights.
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Roy was protesting the construction of dams in Narmada, and some of the supporters of the project accused her of attacking them. The charges were dropped, but one year later she was convicted of contempt, and she was sentenced to spend one day imprisoned.
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Arundhati was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for her action taken to respect human rights.
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Finally, she won the Sahitya Akademi Award from the Indian Academy of Letters.
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This novel is the first book that Roy has published in 20 years. "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" 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.
