Arundhati Roy was born on November 24, 1961 in Bengal. Her full name is Suzanna Arundhati Roy. Her mother Mary Roy, well-known as a social activist is from Kerala, and her father Baba was a Bengali Hindu tea planter. She spent her crucial childhood years in Ayenmenem, a small town near Kottayam. She came into the realm of literature in the year 1977 when her magnum opus, The God of Small Things bagged the Coveted Booker Prize for literature.
Research Scholar, Dept. of English, Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
