Arundhati Roy
Indian author and activist
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| October 2024 | Signed an open letter with thousands of other writers pledging to boycott Israeli cultural institutions. |
| October 10 2024 | Shared the 2024 PEN Pinter Prize by naming imprisoned British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah as the 'writer of courage', announced at a ceremony at the British Library. |
| August 2024 | Shared the Disturbing the Peace Award with Toomaj Salehi, a recognition for courageous writers at risk from the Vaclav Havel Center. |
| June 2024 | Announced as winner of the annual PEN Pinter Prize by English PEN, recognizing her fierce intellectual determination in telling stories of injustice. |
| June 2024 | The UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) was invoked against Roy in connection with her previous Kashmir-related statements. |
| December 2023 | Spoke out against Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza, stating that silence makes one complicit in the 'brazen slaughter of Palestinians'. |
| September 12 2023 | Delivered a lecture in Lausanne upon receiving the 45th European Essay Prize, highlighting her intellectual contributions. |
| September 29 2022 | Featured in Storytellers' Studio on the Higher Education Channel, discussing her life and worldviews. |
| April 28 2022 | Received the St. Louis Literary Award from St. Louis University, granted to the 'most important writers of our time'. |
| 2021 | Defended Hamas's rocket attacks during the Israel–Palestine crisis, citing Palestinians' right to resistance. |
| April 28 2021 | Published an article in The Guardian criticizing the Indian government's COVID-19 pandemic response, describing it as a 'crime against humanity' and directly challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the crisis. |
| 2019 | Haymarket Books published Roy's nonfiction collection, My Seditious Heart. |
| December 25 2019 | While speaking at Delhi University, Arundhati Roy urged people to mislead authorities during the National Population Register enumeration, criticizing the potential for creating a database for the National Register of Citizens. Her remarks led to a complaint being filed against her at Tilak Marg police station under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code. |
| January 2018 | The Ministry of Utmost Happiness was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. |
| 2017 | Roy's second novel was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. |
| June 2017 | The Ministry of Utmost Happiness was published. |
| 2016 | Published 'Things that Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations', a collaborative work with John Cusack. |
| October 2016 | Penguin India and Hamish Hamilton UK announced the upcoming publication of Roy's second novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. |
| 2014 | Penguin India collected Roy's essays on contemporary politics and culture in a five-volume set. |
| 2014 | Featured in Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. |
| 2013 | Mohammad Afzal Guru was hanged, which Roy denounced as 'a stain on India's democracy', maintaining her stance that the case remained unsolved and potentially involved state complicity. |
| 2013 | Publicly criticized Narendra Modi's prime ministerial nomination, describing it as a 'tragedy' and arguing that business houses supported his candidacy due to his militaristic and aggressive political stance. |
| November 2011 | Awarded the Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Writing. |
| August 21 2011 | Arundhati Roy published a critical opinion piece in The Hindu criticizing Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign, challenging its secular credentials, corporate backing, and potential political implications. |
| November 2010 | Roy was charged with sedition by Delhi Police, along with Syed Ali Shah Geelani and five others, following a petition by Sushil Pandit alleging anti-India speeches at the October conference. |
| October 21 2010 | Roy spoke at a conference titled 'Azadi-the Only Way', making a controversial statement about Kashmir's status, declaring that 'Kashmir has never been an integral part of India'. |
| August 29 2010 | Participated in an interview with Avi Lewis on Al Jazeera Fault Lines, sharing her views on global issues. |
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