Arundhati Roy is a non-expatriate Indian author and political activist whose works are acclaimed across the globe. She is best known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won her the Man Booker Prize in 1997. Her narrative style is complex covering different levels of reading. Roy has also written two screenplays and received the Cultural Freedom Prize by the Lannan Foundation for her contribution towards women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n
Arundhati Roy Books<\/strong><\/td>\n| Price<\/strong><\/td>\n | Rating<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The God Of Small Things<\/td>\n | Rs.216<\/td>\n | 4.1\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness<\/td>\n | Rs.327<\/td>\n | 3.9\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | An Ordinary Person\u2019s Guide To Empire<\/td>\n | Rs.170<\/td>\n | 3.9\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Algebra Of Infinite Justice<\/td>\n | Rs.180<\/td>\n | 3.9\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The End Of Imagination<\/td>\n | Rs.1264<\/td>\n | 4.1\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Capitalism: A Ghost Story<\/td>\n | Rs.922<\/td>\n | 3.9\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Listening To Grasshoppers<\/td>\n | Rs.127<\/td>\n | 4\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Cost Of Living<\/td>\n | Rs.3172<\/td>\n | 4\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Power Politics<\/td>\n | Rs.989<\/td>\n | 4.6\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Things That Can And Cannot Be Said<\/td>\n | Rs.161<\/td>\n | 3.6\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | \n 1. The God Of Small Things<\/strong><\/h2>\nNumber Of Copies Sold: <\/strong>8 million copies<\/p>\n Price: <\/strong>Rs.216<\/p>\n Awards<\/strong>: Booker Prize in 1997<\/p>\n The End of Imagination is a comprehensive book that brings together the acclaimed books of essays from Roy\u2019s collection. It compiled her writings from The Cost of Living, Power Politics, War Talk, Public Power in the Age of Empire and An Ordinary Person\u2019s Guide to Empire. From the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq to the need to confront corporate power and democratic institutions globally, the book circulates Roy\u2019s inspiring thoughts.<\/p>\n Year Of Publication<\/strong>: 1998<\/p>\n Price: <\/strong>Rs.1264<\/p>\n Regarded as a spirited polemic, The Cost of Living discusses the two great illusions of India\u2019s progress, the massive dam projects displacing many and the detonation of India\u2019s first nuclear bomb. Roy uses moral outrage and imaginative sweep to unravel the hidden cost beneath the prosperity and progress of our country.<\/p>\n Year Of Publication<\/strong>: 1999<\/p>\n Price: <\/strong>Rs.3172<\/p>\n The Algebra Of Infinite Justice brings together political essays written by Roy on the global and local concerns among which the abuse of Nuclear bomb showoffs is of priority. Creating massive debates and acclaims across the globe, her novel carefully discusses diverse issues ranging from the power of politics to the nuclear bomb tests. This one\u2019s sure to educate the readers and evoke a series of questions in their minds.<\/p>\n Year Of Publication<\/strong>: 2001<\/p>\n Price: <\/strong>Rs.180<\/p>\n Written between 2002 and 2008, Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy is a collection of essays on the Indian democracy and its bitter truth. With claims that only the upper 10% of the society enjoys democracy, Roy paints a picture of what the result of our democracy will lead to. She raises the question of whether India truly is a democratic nation or not.<\/p>\n Year Of Publication<\/strong>: 2009<\/p>\n Price: <\/strong>Rs.127<\/p>\n Power Politics is an amalgamation of essays that challenge the ideas of urgent matters such as the globalization of the world, nuclear war, the privatization of India\u2019s power supply by the US-based energy companies and the construction of monumental dams in India dislocating thousands of people. She challenges the subjects that only experts can comment on.<\/p>\n Year Of Publication<\/strong>: 2001<\/p>\n Price: <\/strong>Rs.989<\/p>\n An Ordinary Person\u2019s Guide to Empire is a collection of fourteen essays written between June 2002 and November 2004. These writings draw the thread of empire by uncovering links between America\u2019s War on Terror, the growing threat of corporate power, the response of states to the resistance movement, the role of NGOs, caste and communal politics in India and the preserved machinery of an increasingly corporatized mass media. Diligently researched and analytically argued, this novel is of major relevance in our times.<\/p>\n Year Of Publication<\/strong>: 2003<\/p>\n Price: <\/strong>Rs.170<\/p>\n Capitalism: A Ghost Story examines the dark side of Indian democracy in contemporary times. It also showcases how the demands of globalized capitalism have sub judged billions of people based on the highest and most intense forms of racism and exploitation. From hundreds of farmers committing suicide to escape debt and hundreds of millions of people living on less than two dollars a day to poisoned rivers, barren wells and cleared forests, there are ghosts residing almost everywhere in India.<\/p>\n Year Of Publication<\/strong>: 2014<\/p>\n Price: <\/strong>Rs.922<\/p>\n Co-written by John Cusack, Things That Can and Cannot Be Said gives an insight into the conversations of Roy, John, and Daniel with the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The book reflects upon their interaction on topics like the nature of the state, surveillance in an era of perpetual war and the meaning of patriotism. Disturbing yet powerful and provocative, this one\u2019s sure to sit high on your shelves.<\/p>\n Year Of Publication<\/strong>: 2016<\/p>\n Price: <\/strong>Rs.161<\/p>\n Spanning decades and locations, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness describes the stories of people who have been broken by the world they live in and how they are rescued by love and hope. Written in a whisper and shout and through tears and laughter, this novel develops an aching love in the reader\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n Year Of Publication<\/strong>: 2017<\/p>\n Number Of Copies Sold: <\/strong>400,000 copies within months<\/p>\n Price: <\/strong>Rs.327<\/p>\n Awards<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Arundhati Roy is a non-expatriate Indian author and political activist whose works are acclaimed across the globe. She is best known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won her the Man Booker Prize in 1997. Her narrative style is complex covering different levels of reading. 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