Arundhati Roy: Know the Author and Works

Arundhati Roy: Know the Author and Works

This blog is a part of Sunday reading, given by professor Dr.Dilip Barad to enhance our knowledge and critical thinking if Indian English Literature. CLICK HERE to know about task.

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Mulk Raj Anad, R.K.Narayan, Khushwant Singh, Shahshi Deshpande, Anita Desai, Arundhati Roy and so on. These are the Indian born writer who furnished our Indian English Literature in every aspects. All of them tries to explore the socio, economical and political problems of country in their work. Among all of them Arundhati Roy is known as Indian well known author, political activist as well along with Mahashweta Devi she is known as social activist. She is well known for her master piece Booker Prize winning novel “God of Small Thing”.

This particular work has autobiographical elements as it mainly speaks about her own experience. As R.K.Narayan’s novels take place in fictional town called Malgudi, in the same manner this novel sets in fictional town called Ayemenem created by Arundhati Roy. Her other notable works are:

1) Ministry of Utmost Happiness

2) Ordinary person’s guide to empire

3) The Algebra of Infinite Justice

Mostly her works are related with Indian politics. In her well known novel, “Ministry of Utmost Happiness” she highlights a very rigid mentality of people as well as she speaks about third gender without hesitation. Interestingly, she called Atal Bihari Vajpayee as The Lips sing Poet PM, Narendra Modi as Gujarat ka Lalla, Manmohan Singh as Caged Rabbit and Kejarival as Mister Agrval. From this we can say that she is courageous enough to speak against political leaders as well.

Indeed, at the end of discussion it can be said that her all works are mirror to our society which showcases both sides of coin as well as edge of coin.

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