| Name(s) |
Suzanna ARUNDHATI
ROY |
| Date of
Birth |
November 24, 1961 |
|
Identity |
Indian author and
political activist |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- October 14, 1997: She was
awarded the Booker Prize for literature for her novel 'The
God of Small Things'.
- January 2006: She was
awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, a national award from
India's Academy of Letters, for her collection of essays on
contemporary issues,
- 2008: She expressed her
support for the independence of Kashmir from India after the
massive demonstrations in 2008 in favour of independence
took place.
- November 21, 2010: She was
charged with sedition along with separatist Hurriyat leader
Syed Ali Shah Geelani and others by Delhi Police for their
"anti-India" speech at a convention on Kashmir :“Azadi: The
Only Way" on this day.
- November 2011: She was awarded the Norman
Mailer Prize for Distinguished Writing.
- 2013: She described
Narendra Modi's nomination for the prime ministerial
candidate as a "tragedy".
- 2015: She returned the
national award in protest against religious intolerance and
the growing violence by rightwing groups in India.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- She is known for her anti-Hindutva views, and for her
strong criticism of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi for favouring
the varna system.
- She is a cousin of prominent media personality Prannoy
Roy, the head of the leading Indian TV media group NDTV.
- She is pro independence of Kashmir from India.
- She was opposed to Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam Project
and so supported the activism of Medha Patkar.
- She is also strongly opposed to India's nuclear
development.
- She also raised questions about the investigation into
the 2001 Indian Parliament attack and the trial of the
accused. She wanted he deaths entence of Afzal Guru, the
main accused, stayed.
- She preferred to link the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks
with Kashmir and economic injustice against Muslims in
India. Indian writer Tavleen Singh called Roy's comments
"the latest of her series of hysterical diatribes against
India and all things Indian".
- She criticised the Indian government's armed actions
against the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency in India, calling it
"war on the poorest people in the country".
- She was also critical of the Anna Hazare anti-corruption
movement.
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