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She was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, India to Mary Roy, a Syrian Christian women's rights activist and Rajib Roy, a Hindu tea plantation manager.
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When she was two, her parents divorced and moved to Kerala with her mother.
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She studied architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi where she met her future husband Gerard da Cunha.
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Arundhati Roy gets married to architect Gerard da Cunha, before separating.
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She worked with independent filmmaker Pradip Krishen on this movie and later married him.
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Roy wrote the screenplay for this movie that was based off her own experiences and directed by her husband at that time. It won a national award.
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She also wrote this screenplay and the movie was also directed by her husband.
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She wrote a film review criticizing Shekhar Kapur's film and accused him of exploiting and misrepresenting rape.
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This was her first novel and is semi-autobiographical.
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Following the publication, Roy began to gain renown as the book was quickly given amazing reviews.
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After her novel, she created a documentary DAM/AGE: A Film with Arundhati Roy about a damaging dam project in India.
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Roy won the Sydney Peace Prize for her work for campaigning for human rights and against violence.
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Roy helped contribute to this book which explored diversity around the world.
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Roy was awarded this prize in November 2011.
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In 2014, Roy was featured as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
