Sir Arundhati Roy

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Activist
Author
gptkbp:activeYears 1997–present
gptkbp:associatedWith Environmentalism
Human Rights Advocacy
Anti-globalization Movement
gptkbp:awards Booker Prize
gptkbp:birthDate November 24, 1961
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Shillong
gptkbp:child Maya_Roy
gptkbp:contribution Literature
Political Discourse
Environmental Activism
Social_Justice
Cultural_Critique
gptkbp:famousQuote "The only thing that can save us is the truth."
"To be a writer is to be a witness to the world."
"We are all part of the same story."
"There’s no such thing as the ‘voiceless’. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard."
"The world is not a mere collection of things, but a collection of relationships."
gptkbp:genre Fiction
Non-fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Arundhati Roy
gptkbp:influenced Feminist Literature
Postcolonial Literature
Contemporary Indian Literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Gandhi
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkbp:knownFor Social Activism
Political Commentary
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality Indian
gptkbp:notableEvent Anti-Corporate Protests
Anti-Dam Protests
Anti-Nuclear Protests
gptkbp:notableWork The God of Small Things
gptkbp:occupation Writer
Political Activist
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Granta
gptkb:Outlook_Magazine
gptkb:Al_Jazeera
gptkb:The_Guardian
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Delhi
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Himanshu_Kumar
gptkbp:website arundhatiroy.org