Arundhati Roy's Novels
Arundhati Roy, full name Suzanna Arundhati Roy, (born November 24, 1961, Shillong, Meghalaya, India), Indian author, actress, and political activist who was best known for the award-winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes.
About Life:-
Arundhati Roy was born in 1961 in the Northeastern Indian region of Bengal, to a Christian mother and Hindu father. She spent her childhood in Aymanam in Kerala, which serves as the setting for her first novel, The God of Small Things (under the name "Ayemenem").
After the controversy surrounding Bandit Queen subsided, Roy took time to write her first and only novel to date, The God of Small Things. She received an extraordinary advance of half a million pounds on the book, making its release high-profile well ahead of time. After the novel's publication in 1997, the book won the prestigious Booker Prize, making Roy its first Indian woman and non-expatriate Indian recipient.
The God of Small Things:-
One of Arundhati Roy's main themes in The God of Small Things is that day-to-day life—the "small things"—can be greatly affected by the "big things" such as politics, racism, and cultural mores. The author suggests that everyone could use a god who might protect them as they try to succeed in small ways to love deeply, work successfully, and find happiness.
Theme:-
- Obligations
- Small Things
- Class Divisions
- Love
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness:
Is novel the right word, though? I hesitate. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, hulking, sprawling story that it is, has two main strands. One follows Anjum, a hijra, or transwoman, struggling to make a life for herself in Delhi. The other follows Tilo, a thorny and irresistible architect turned activist (who seems to be modeled on Roy herself), and the three men who fall in love with her.
Arundhati Roy is an Indian Author, Actress, and Activist. and I think maybe in her works present her life things.
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