Arundhati Roy's novels
Arundhati Roy's novels
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Here I share my point of view about Arundhati as writer. As per Sunday reading thinking activity Click here
Arundhati Roy, (born November 24, 1961, Shillong, Meghalaya, India), Indian author, actress, and political activist. She is best known for the award-winning novel- The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes.
Her interesting interview on politics as well as caste system for reading to Click here
Her problematic life reflect on her work how she grow up without father then her failure marriage.
The God of Small Things -
The God of Small Things was Roy's first book and only novel until the 2017 publication of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness twenty years later. This novel broken ideas about caste and Indian marriage system. In the novel two characters are protagonist Eshu and Rahel. Both are twice child and their mother separated from their father, so here protagonist parents ‘s failed marriage then other characters failed marriage also shown like their maternal uncle, maternal aunt and, Rahel and Eshu (twice- brother-sister) marriage failed then at the end of the novel Rahel and Eshu having sexual relation with each other. So here Arundhati deconstruction idea of Indian society.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness-
In the novel two protagonist characters are two Anjum and Tilo belong to Muslim community. In the novel real picture of ideas Kashmir issue as well as community conflict and reflect political party's politics. Through the novel she show modern Indian history, from land reform that dispossessed poor farmers to the 2002 Godhra train burning and Kashmir rebellion. And included an intersex woman as it called them Hijara, also shown their rebellion in the novel.
Hello Readers,
Here I share my point of view about Arundhati as writer. As per Sunday reading thinking activity Click here
Arundhati Roy, (born November 24, 1961, Shillong, Meghalaya, India), Indian author, actress, and political activist. She is best known for the award-winning novel- The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes.
Her interesting interview on politics as well as caste system for reading to Click here
Her problematic life reflect on her work how she grow up without father then her failure marriage.
The God of Small Things -
The God of Small Things was Roy's first book and only novel until the 2017 publication of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness twenty years later. This novel broken ideas about caste and Indian marriage system. In the novel two characters are protagonist Eshu and Rahel. Both are twice child and their mother separated from their father, so here protagonist parents ‘s failed marriage then other characters failed marriage also shown like their maternal uncle, maternal aunt and, Rahel and Eshu (twice- brother-sister) marriage failed then at the end of the novel Rahel and Eshu having sexual relation with each other. So here Arundhati deconstruction idea of Indian society.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness-
In the novel two protagonist characters are two Anjum and Tilo belong to Muslim community. In the novel real picture of ideas Kashmir issue as well as community conflict and reflect political party's politics. Through the novel she show modern Indian history, from land reform that dispossessed poor farmers to the 2002 Godhra train burning and Kashmir rebellion. And included an intersex woman as it called them Hijara, also shown their rebellion in the novel.
In short her most of novels are representation of Indian society.
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