This web site documents a period in the life of Arundhati Roy when she became a world-renowned writer, first as the author of the Booker prize-winning 'The God of Small Things', and then as a campaigning activist and inspiration to all those who seek to support the poor and oppressed and to speak up against the powers that be. Although the web site is no longer regularly updated, I hope it provides both a reference and an inspiration to all.
Arundhati Roy: Booker Prize Winner from Kerala India
The first Indian citizen to win the prestigious booker prize and a million dollar book deal has made Arundhati Roy, a celebrity and a tall literary lioness persona. Now in her late-30s, living in Delhi, Arundhati Roy (One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World 1998") grew up in Kerala, in which her award winning novel "The God of Small Things" is set. The novel is a poetic tale of Indian boy-and-girl twins, Estha and Rahel, and their family's tragedies; the story's fulcrum is the death of their 9-year-old half British cousin, Sophie Mol, visiting them on holiday.