Arundhati Roy Questions & Answers

I have a presentaion which I have to compare two books together" I have to choose one of: (the Handmaids tale , King Lear, The Crucible) and compare one of the previous book to one of the following: 1- On Beauty. Smith, Zadie 2- White teeth. Smith, Zadie 3- John Dollar. Wiggins, Marianne. 4- Blindness. Saramago, Jose. 5- The God of Small Things. Roy, Arundhati 6-A changed man. Prose, Francine. 7- Vernon God Little. Pierre DBC 8- Beloved. Marrison, Toni 9-Such a Long Journey . Mistry Rohinton. 10- A fine Balance. Mistry, Rohinton 11- Life of Pi. Martel, Yann 12- Fall on Your knees. Macdonald, Ann Marie 13- The Buddja of Suburbia. Kureishi, Hanif. 14-The known World. Jones, Edward 15-The corrections. Franzen, Jonathan. 16-Middle Sex. Eugenides, Jeffrey. 17-White noise. DeLillo, Don. 18-Flesh and Blood. Cunningham, Michael. 19- Disgrace. Coetzee, J.M 20-The Amazing Adventure of Kavalier and Clay. Chabon, Michael. 21-Drop City. Boyle, T.C 22- A casual Brutality. Bisoondath, Neil 23- Rule of the bone. Banks, Russell 24-the Darling. Banks, Russell. 25-Bodily Harm. Atwood Margaret. ALSO I AM PLEASED TO HEAR OTHER INTERESTING BOOKS THAT ISNT IN THE LIST THAT COULD BE RELATED TO ON OF THE THREE TOP BOOKS

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I'm doing a research paper on the book, God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. The topic of my paper is the about the western influence in the book and how it affected relationships, characters, etc. The main effect is negative, but I need help figuring out a very captivating, interesting, clever introduction for the paper. It should have good vocabulary too. Please and thank you!

"Terrorism has no country. It's transnational, as global an enterprise as Coke or Pepsi or Nike. At the first sign of trouble, terrorists can pull up stakes and move their 'factories' from country to country in search of a better deal. Just like the multi-nationals." You can't bomb terrorism out of existence and for every terrorist you kill, another will take his or her place. It requires more than invasions & a giant military to remove terrorism-you must remove the CAUSE of terrorism. katiegirl; Nice idea, however I haven't done homework since the 1980's (I'm 40), but it's good to know you are so sharp! eddyj; do you include state terrorism in that rationale? Such as Israel's state terrorism against the civilians of Gaza? Or the (highly illegal) USAF carpet bombing of Cambodia between 1969-1973? Bearing in mind that Cambodia did not have a military, so all targets must have been known to civilian. If you don't include them, please explain why not

They offered a cocktail of revolution. A heady mix of Eastern Marxism and orthodox Hinduism, spiked with a shot of democracy. - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Thanks in advance (:

a novel by Arundhati Roy Thanks in advance(:

I still remember the day when I landed at delhi airport , a call from my friend in Chennai comes are you safe,.I said what happened , he said delhi has a serial bomb blast.I immediately called my family and friends , a sense of anger rushed inside me,but since an average man can nothing do against terror other then anger. An uproar everywhere,the real culprit after a few days were encountered in jamia batla nagar.I had a sense of relief at leat the culprits and there whole module has been cracked , a wonderful job was done by Delhi police. But when the whole of TV crew was there in batala nagar a heavily densed Muslim populated area near okhla,to my surprise not a single Muslim comes in the support of Delhi police and it,s team. All they say on camera , to news paper that Muslims were unduly vitimised. In no soon time it has become a major issue among Muslims, so our so called secular leader from SP amar singh went there in support of encouneterd terrorists.And from our liberal society arundhati roy and her gang some from JNU , comes openly in support of these terrorists. Meanwhile congress which is looking to gain it,s foothold among Muslims send Mr. manishankar aiyar and digvijay singh who openly doubt the martyr M.C. Sharma death as a fake and demanded an Inquiry,and subsequent events through courts led to the NHRC today report that ,jamia encounter was clean.Now will they make an apology to the martyr M.C. Sharma and the families who lost there lives in the Delhi Bomb Blast. will congress and sp apologise to Late Inspector Mohan chand sharma?Equally this is true in case of BJP in Shahid Hemant Karkare case. Will the day comes when Congress will stop parcticing minority politics, and BJP will stop doing majority politics. I,m looking for the day when these national parties would do Politics for Indians instead of majority and minority.

The difference is that there aren't many children here today... let's not forget Iraq's children. Technically that bloodbath is called precision bombing. In ordinary language, it's called butchering. - Arundhati Roy, 2004 Sydney Peace Prize Lecture.

I found the book to be very confusing and I couldn't figure out why exactly Estha stopped speaking. If anybody knows, please tell me!! Thank you so much!!

1. M.Chandrashekher 2. Nelson Mandela 3. Arundhati Roy 4. Aung San Suu Kyi

http://broadbandforum.in/politics/45052-nexus-media-politics-and-entertainment/ Suzanna Arundhati Roy is niece of Prannoy Roy (CEO of NDTV) Suzanna Arundhati Roy is a practicing Syrian Christian Prannoy Roy married to Radhika Roy Radhika Roy is sister of Brinda Karat (CPI(M)) Brinda Karat married to Prakash Karat (CPI(M) - General Secretary) CPI(M)'s senior member of Politburo and Parliamentary Group Leader is Sitaram Yechury. Sitaram Yechury is married to Seema Chisthi. Seema Chisthi is the Resident Editor of Indian Express Burkha Dutt works at NDTV Rajdeep Sardesai was Managing Editor at NDTV Rajdeep Sardesai married to Sagrika Ghose Sagarika Ghose is daughter of Bhaskar Ghose. Bhaskar Ghose was Director General of Doordarshan. Sagarika Ghose's aunt is Ruma Pal. Ruma Pal is former justice of Supreme Court. Sagarika Ghose's another aunt is Arundhati Ghose. Arundhati Ghose was India's permanent representative/ambassador to United Nations. Dilip D'Souza was member of PIPFD Dilip D'Souza's father was Joseph Bain D'Souza. J.B.D'Souza was former Maharastra Chief Seccretary and activist. Teesta Setalva member of PIPFD Teesta Setalvad married to Javed Anand Teesta and Javed run Sabrang Communications. Javed Anand is General Secretary of Muslims for Secular Democracy { ?? } Javed Akhtar is spokesperson for Muslims for Secular Democracy Javed Akhtar married to Shabana Azmi Karan Thapar owns ITV ITV produces shows for BBC Karan Thapar's father was General Pran Nath Thapar COAS during 1962 war, when India lost under his watch. Karan Thapar was very good friend of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari. Benazir Bhutto was Pakistan's Prime Minister. Benazir Bhutto's father was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Z.A.Bhutto served as Pakistan's President. A.A.Zardar is the current Pakistani's President. Karan Thapar's Mama was married to Nayantara Sahgal. Nayantar Sahgal is daughter of Vijayalakshmi Pandit. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was sister of Jawharlal Nehru. Some more Interesting personalities who are all related.

Hi everyone. I just went to the book exchange, and I was going to swap some books for: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy and Mrs. Dalloway by Viginia Woolfe I haven't read either, so I'm just asking for people's opinions on either book, why they liked it and (optional... but everythings optional!) what the book is about. AND should I buy it/exchange for it? And don't worry about the books that i'm exchanging them for (I wouldn't read them anyway). And also, maybe some common books that are found in book exchanges that you guys like and think I should try? That would be awesome. Thanks so much!!! :)

She Who Remembers – Linda Shuler 1984 – George Orwell The Fixer – Bernard Malamud A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens Moby Dick – Herman Melville Forbidden City – William Bell The Eye of the World – Robert Jordan (SERIES!) Private – Kate Brian The Kite Runner - ??? The Book Thief - ??? The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy Love Warps the Mind a Little – John Dufresne Cat’s Eye – Margaret Atwood The Prince of Tides – Pat Conroy Wake – Lisa Mcmann (Fade – Lisa Mcmann) Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger Great Gatsby –F. Scott Fitzgerald Unwind - Neal Shusterman Skinned - Robin Wasserman Hacking Harvard - Robin Wasserman Can't Get There From Here - Todd Strasser Godless - Pete Hautman Going Nowhere Faster - Sean Beaudoin The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton Tex - S.E. Hinton Truancy - Isamu Fukui The Once and Future King – T.H. White Stalky and Company – Rudyard Kipling The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien Daughter of the Blood – Anne Bishop (SERIES) The Book of Flying - Keith Miller Scarlett - Cathy Cassidy Hyperion - Dan Simmons The Hollow Man - Dan Simmons Theres many more, but I feel if i post too many people won't answer. I'm basically asking what are some must read amazing books? Some books that I've read and loved: The Hunger Games A Great and Terrible Beauty Watchmen Harry Potter (series) Percy Jackson (series) (although it was little to young for me) Eragon (series) things like that are good. I'm a 15 year old girl if that helps, but im not really interested in reading cliche teen love stories, any other kind of book is welcome! anyways, thanks bunches for your help! =)

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood Empire of the Sun - J.G. Ballard Paddy Clarke: Ha ha ha - Roddy Doyle The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson Crick Crack Monkey - Merle Hodge The Bone People - Keri Hulme On the Road - Jack Kerouac Short Stories - Alice Munro Vernon God Little - D.B.C. Pierre Brokeback Mountain - Annie Proux The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh Orange are Not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson

Old Story: The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs dances plays the summer away. Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. New Version: The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant’s a fool and laughs dances plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so? Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant’s house. Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter. Mayawati states this as “injustice” done on Minorities. Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper. The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance). Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for ‘Bengal Bandh’ in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry. CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers. Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the ‘Gharib Grasshopper Rath’. Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the “Prevention of Atrocities Against Grasshoppers Act” [PAAGA], with effect from the beginning of the winter. Arjun Singh makes ‘Special Reservation’ for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions in Government Services. The Ant is fined for failing to comply with PAAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, it’s home is confiscated by the Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV. Arundhati Roy calls it ‘A Triumph of Justice’. Lalu calls it ‘Socialistic Justice’. CPM calls it the ”Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden’ Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly. Many years later... The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar company in Silicon Valley, 100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India, ..AND As a result of losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the grasshoppers, India is still a developing country...!! ! :) :) :)

(or for that matter anti-Indian, or anti-Timbuktuan) is not just racist, it's a failure of the imagination. An inability to see the world in terms other than those that the establishment has set out for you: If you're not a Bushie you're a Taliban. If you don't love us, you hate us. If you're not Good you're Evil. If you're not with us, you're with the terrorists. arundhati roy. What do you think of her quote?

ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead Arundhati Roy. Is she right? Is this what takes place in america?

I'm a 14-year-old girl and am looking for some new reading material. Please don't give me what you would usually expect a 14 year old to enjoy though. I'm looking for adult reading. My favourite book is The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy because it's just so god damn beautiful. My favouirte genres are horror and drama. I also like crime novels as long as they're not " Detective Regina Sassypants needs help finding to New York Strangler" I want something really challanging, that would get into the head of a murderer in some ways, you know? Edit: I HATE TWILIGHT, VAMPIRES AND TEEN BOOKS. Please don't reccomend them they're awful!

I just finished reading this novel and I feel emotionally battered. Not in a teary sentimental way, but very disturbed at the pit of my psyche. Anyone else read this singular piece of work? If so, in brief, what was your take on it?

Really a class analogy.. An Old Story: The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. Indian Version: The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so? Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house. Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter. Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities. Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper. The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance). Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for 'Bengal Bandh' in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry. CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers. Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'. Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the winter. Arjun Singh makes 'Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions & in Government Services. The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes,it's home is confiscated by the Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV. Arundhati Roy calls it ' A Triumph of Justice'. Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice '. CPM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden ' Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly. Many years later.... The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar company in Silicon Valley, 100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India, As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the grasshoppers, -- India is still a developing country…!!! is it correct in Indian political system? to Maitree Thanks for giving 5 star

I need to write a 4000 word comparison so I REALLY need a good novel i can compare it to. I would like a novel that has similar themes , ideas to god of small things. I'm really stuck, I will really appreciate your suggestions so please tell me if you have read any books i can compare to god of small things. Thanks in advance (:

Hi :) I am doing something on "War is Peace" from Arundhati Roy, and I was wondering if the expression "war is peace" would be considered as a paradox or contradiction of terms? Thank you in advance :)

What does "god of small things" by Arundhati Roy empowers?, it's in the tip of my tongue but I don't know what to call it

i have this exam and i MUST read the actual literature but buying books is costly. well, i need to read "the god of small things" by arundhati roy and "things fall apart" by chinua achebe. please help me. anyone?

Do you know novels that are similar to it? I need to write a comparison and I would like to know what novels I could possibly compare this novel to.. Thanks in advance!

I am in grade 10 and I need to read a book for my english assessment task. I can choose from the following: Any book from: Dickens, George Elliot, Bronte, Henry james, Wilkie Collins orThomas hardy or Life of Pi - Yann martel true History of the Kelly gang - Peter Carey The blind Assassin - Margret Atwood The Gods of Small things - Arundhati Roy

It's strange that people who project an image of being liberals somehow defend the most conservative religion. She even calls for the seperation of Kashmir and said Mumbai was a legitimate attack! What is the government of India doing? Why is she not arrested for treason and tried in a court? Is the Indian government only good for criticising the BJP and Hindus? Or is the Congress party also on the Saudi payroll?

I need to do a project. I have a bunch of authors to work with, but I'm not sure which one is right for me. There is a huge list, sorry, but if you see one that I may like, please let me know. I like horror, comedy, and modern books (modern, meaning the setting is in the present...) I hate mystery books, and books that have anything to do with the past, like, historical books. I love plot twists, and twisted endings, if that helps... Edward Abbey Chinua Achebe James Agee Isabel Allende Margaret Atwood Jane Austen James Baldwin Amiri Baraka Samuel Beckett Saul Bellow Charlotte Bronte Emily Bronte Albert Camus Willa Cather Anton Checkhov Kate Chopin Joseph Conrad Pat Conroy Charles Dickens Annie Dillard Fyodor Dostoevsky Arthur Conan Doyle George Eliot Ralph Ellison Louise Erdrich William Faulkner F. Scott Fitzgerald E.M. Forster Charles Frazier Jonathon Franzen William Golding Lorraine Hansberry Thomas Hardy Nathaniel Hawthorne Ernest Hemingway Herman Hesse Zora Neale Hurston Henrik Ibsen John Irving Kazuo Ishiguro James Joyce Jamaica Kincaid Barbara Kingsolver Maxine Hong Kingston Joy Kogowa Margaret Laurence Ursula K. Le Guin Katherine Mansfield Gabriel Garcia Marquez Norman Mailer Bobbie Ann Mason Ian McEwan Larry McMurtry Herman Melville Arthur Miller N. Scott Momaday Toni Morrison Joyce Carol Oates Tillie Olson George Orwell Sylvia Plath Katherine Ann Porter Erich Maria Remarque Adrienne Rich Arundhati Roy Salman Rushdie J.D. Salinger Mary Shelley Leslie Marmon Silko John Steinbeck Bram Stoker Jonathan Swift Amy Tan Lewis Thomas Henry David Thoreau Leo Tolsoy Mark Twain Luisa Valenzuela Kurt Vonnegut Alice Walker Eudora Welty Edith Wharton Oscar Wilde Tennessee Williams Terry Tempest Williams Virginia Woolf Richard Wright Thanks...

My friend's birthday is coming up soon she's 17, she likes to read and she's into really good books, dare I say even NY times bestseller type books. She's read things like, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns (thats her favorite book), Water for Elephants, Kafka on the Shore, The Boleyn Series by Philippa Gregory. I really want to get her a good book that I know she'll like without completely giving anything away about what I'm going to get her. I am considering giving her the book The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy; I really enjoyed it but I'm not sure if she'll be into it. I also know that she likes books with a 'story' much more than things like thrillers and whatnot. Can anyone help me by suggesting a good book to give my friend as a gift??? Thank you - Please do not offer a B&N gift card, because she lives out of the country and that would be obsolete and a waste of an answer. Also do not just post a NY times bestseller list, trust me I've already looked at it.

i would like to know where she stays in new delhi?

I have to read and do a big project on one of these books. In your opinion, which one is best and why? The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood Reservation Blues, Sherman Alexie All the Pretty Horses, Cormack McCarthy The House of Spirits, Isabelle Allende Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow Emma, Jane Austen The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy The Plague, Albert Camus White Noise, Don DeLillo

Hi! I have to study the novel "God Of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy. It's quite a complex novel and i'm having some problems understanding it. I've looked at study guide sites but they don't help! I need an explanation of what the novel is trying to express. Please help! Thanks so much! :)

does any1 know where i can get it?.........or can someboody tell where i can watch the movie????

I have to do a "research paper" on Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things. I was wondering if anyone had any topics for further research. We have to find a topic that relates to the book, research it and then write a 5-7 page essay on how it changes/affects our views of the novel. Any help would be amazing.

Author/activist Arundhati Roy claims this in a recent interview about the Narmada Dam. Where is she getting the 85% figure?

..Kiran Desai ,Arundhati Roy etc who use fancy vocabulary and their writings are really good.

(1) In chapter 14, why does his poverty give Comrade Pillai an avantage over chacko? (2) In chapter 16, What patten have events taken on at the end of this chapter? (3) In chapter 17, what effect does it have in the novel to have the end of Velutha's story told indirectly, in retrospect, at the end of the chapter? relating to the book

me : book : The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy and A Painted House by John Grisham movie : the most recent , Jumper. just because i found so many things in the movie were too silly.

Mine's Come September by Arundhati Roy :) Source(s) http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=301907139&channel=219646953 *speech you ever did hear?

Filipinos have been writing literature for ages yet we have yet to produce an Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie, or Paulo Coelho; giants who made it big in the literary world. Why is this so?? Is it because the world is simply not interested in the Philippines (Lord I hope not!)? Is it due to the fact that we are not a member of the Commonwealth hence our ineligibility for the Booker Prize? Is there still hope for a Filipino to write about his country and culture and be read by an interested and broad audience?

I have recently joined ReaditSwapit.com - a website where you list books you no longer want, and other people offer to swap with you from their list. I listed a hardback copy of 'The Almost Moon' by Alice Sebold, and have had loads of people request to swap. The following is a list of books I like the look of from their lists, but I need help making a choice! What would you choose, have you read any of these and what do you think of them? I generally like descriptive, intelligent books; recently I enjoyed The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, and Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides The List- The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh Salt and Saffron by Kamila Shamsie Resistance by Anita Shreve The Little Friend by Donna Tartt Darkness Visible by William Golding Arthur and George by Julian Barnes to be continue Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks Brownstones by Edwidge Danticat Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre Love in the Days of Rage by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Sea Glass by Anita Shreve By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg

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