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Arundhati Roy

Indian author and activist (born 1961)

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Arundhati Roy: Indian author and activist (born 1961)
Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes. She was awarded the 2024 PEN Pinter Prize.

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Arundhati Roy awarded Pen Pinter Prize for her 'unflinching' writing

Arundhati Roy, acclaimed for her fearless writing, receives the PEN Pinter Prize 2024 amid global challenges. Honored for her advocacy of justice and freedom, she will be celebrated at a ceremony in..
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'Misuse of power': Sharad Pawar criticises prosecution sanction of Arundhati Roy under UAPA

NCP-SP leader Sharad Pawar criticized Delhi LG's decision to prosecute author Arundhati Roy under UAPA for a 2010 speech as a 'misuse of power' during a joint press conference with Maha Vikas Aghadi..
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Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted for Kashmir comments

Indian authorities are set to prosecute author Arundhati Roy over comments she made about Kashmir in 2010.
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Delhi LG sanctions prosecution of Arundhati Roy under UAPA in 2010 provocative speech case

Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain had allegedly made provocative speeches at a conference organised under the banner of "Azadi - The Only Way" on October 21, 2010, at LTG Auditorium, Copernicus..
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Delhi LG sanctions Arundhati Roy's prosecution for Kashmir remark

The FIR against Roy and former professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered following the orders of the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi.
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Renowned academician Mary Roy passes away

Academician and rights activist Mary Roy (89) passed away due to age-related ailments at her residence around 9.15 am on Thursday. Roy, the founder of Pallikoodam school, is the mother of author..
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Today's India like a plane flying backwards, it's headed for crash: Arundhati Roy


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