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Born in 1961
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. -
Divorce and Move
When she was two, her parents divorced and moved to Kerala with her mother. -
Studied Architecture
She studied architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi where she met her future husband Gerard da Cunha. -
Marriage
Arundhati Roy gets married to architect Gerard da Cunha, before separating. -
Offered a role as a goatherd in the movie Massey Sahib
She worked with independent filmmaker Pradip Krishen on this movie and later married him. -
National Film Award for Best Screenplay for In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
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. -
Wrote the screenplay for Electric Moon
She also wrote this screenplay and the movie was also directed by her husband. -
"The Great Indian Rape Trick"
She wrote a film review criticizing Shekhar Kapur's film and accused him of exploiting and misrepresenting rape. -
Publishes The God of Small Things
This was her first novel and is semi-autobiographical. -
Received the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997
Following the publication, Roy began to gain renown as the book was quickly given amazing reviews. -
Created a documentary
After her novel, she created a documentary DAM/AGE: A Film with Arundhati Roy about a damaging dam project in India. -
Won a Sydney Peace Prize
Roy won the Sydney Peace Prize for her work for campaigning for human rights and against violence. -
"We are One: A Celebration of Tribal Peoples"
Roy helped contribute to this book which explored diversity around the world. -
Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Writing.
Roy was awarded this prize in November 2011. -
Featured in Time 100
In 2014, Roy was featured as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
