GK
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
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SOROJINI NAIDU
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R KNARAYAN
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ARUNDHATI ROY
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BINA PALEJA
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Detailed explanation-1: -Arundhati Roy is the author of a number of books, including The God of Small Things, which won the Booker Prize in 1997 and has been translated into more than forty languages. She was born in 1959 in Shillong, India, and studied architecture in Delhi, where she now lives.
Detailed explanation-2: -Themes throughout this novel include: Forbidden love: the relationship between Ammu and Velutha, the incestuous moment between the twins. Throughout the novel, various characters fall in and out of love with one another much to the family’s ignorance or disapproval.
Detailed explanation-3: -Arundhati Roy, full name Suzanna Arundhati Roy, (born November 24, 1961, Shillong, Meghalaya, India), Indian author, actress, and political activist who was best known for the award-winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things describes some key events in the lives of twins Rahel and Estha and how they are destroyed due to the society’s “love laws". Among other things, the title refers to Velutha as the god of small things, as is revealed in the chapter titled “The God of Small Things".