The God of Small Things- Labus

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  • Born in Shillong, India--> Moves to Kerala at the age of 5

    Born in Shillong, India--> Moves to Kerala at the age of 5

    A Kerala tea plantation is pictured, as her father was a tea plantation manager.
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    Life of Arundhati Roy

  • INDIA: India loses brief border war with China

    INDIA: India loses brief border war with China

  • INDIA: Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

    INDIA: Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

  • INDIA: Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.

  • INDIA: Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.

    INDIA: Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.

  • INDIA: Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.

  • INDIA: India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.

  • INDIA: Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice.

  • Studied Architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi

  • INDIA: Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).

    INDIA: Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).

  • INDIA: Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards, following which her son, Rajiv, takes over.

    INDIA: Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards, following which her son, Rajiv, takes over.

  • Wrote the screenplay for "In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones"

  • INDIA: Indian troops withdrawn from Sri Lanka.

    Muslim separatist groups begin a campaign of violence in Kashmir.

  • INDIA: Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers.

  • The God of Small Things is published

    This is Roy's first and only book. Has a semi-autobiographical nature to it.
  • INDA: Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.

    INDA: Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.

  • Accolades for God of Small Things

    Wins Booker Award and becomes a New York Times Bestseller.

  • In response to India's testing of nuclear weapons in Pokhran, Rajasthan, Roy wrote "The End of Imagination"

  • INDIA: BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

    INDIA: BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

  • Receives Sydney Peace Prize

    Receives Sydney Peace Prize

  • Roy Declines Sahitya Akademi award

    Roy Declines Sahitya Akademi award

    She could not accept an award from a government which she opposed.