A collection of thoughts and quotations by Arundhati Roy on happiness, life, stories, dreams, emptiness, family, grief, social justice and optimism.
97 Uplifting Quotes By Arundhati Roy That Will Leave You Thinking
Famous As:
Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist
Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian novelist, essayist and political activist. She is counted among the most influential literary figures in the modern world for her path breaking novel, ‘The God of Small Things’, for which she won the Man Booker Prize. Roy is an architect by education and studied at the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi, India but her true calling lay in creative pursuits. She dabbled in independent films for a bit but eventually took to writing. She wrote ‘The God of Small Things’ in 1997 and it is the only novel that she has ever written. However, it went on to become a bestseller and sold a record number of copies. She has also been a prolific writer of non-fiction books that have done reasonably well and is a regular contributor of essays for several publications worldwide. Roy has taken up several political causes in her life, starting from the Naxal uprising in India to Kashmiri separatism, that have made her the centre of controversies and she is often seen expressing her thoughts on various social platforms. She is a highly gifted orator and debater, as a result of which, she is quite vocal about expressing herself on various social issues. Here is a collection of Arundhati Roy sayings and quotes that would surely interest you.