Which 1997 book about fraternal twins was written by an Indian author who is also a political activist?
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Arundhati Roy Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author. She is best known for her novel "The God of Small Things" (1997), which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997. This novel became the biggest-selling book by a nonexpatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.
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The God of Small Things The God of Small Things (1997) is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book explores how the small things affect people's behavior and their lives. It won the Booker Prize in 1997.
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Kusum Sawhney Kusum Lata Sawhney is a British-Indian author. She was born in the United Kingdom and she moved to India in 1989. She is the author of the novel "Kindred Spirits", published in 1995. The book is an account of women's sexuality, the changing Indian social scene, and the undercurrents that continue in a whirlpool of their own. Sawhney has written a collection of poems and worked as a journalist for "India Today".
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Madan Gopal Gandhi Dr. Madan G. Gandhi (born August 31, 1940), a visiting fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, is an educationalist, litterateur and poet who has been in the vanguard of movements for sustainable environment, total disarmament, human rights and one-world mankind.
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Sumit Sarkar Sumit Sarkar (born 1939) is an Indian historian of modern India. He is the author of "Swadeshi Movement".
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P. T. Bhaskara Panicker P.T.Bhaskara Panicker (1922–1997) was a famous social activist and writer of Kerala, India.
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Zakiruddin Zaki Zakiruddin Zaki was an author, writer and social activist during the era of the Bhopal State.
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Sanjay Gandhi Sanjay Gandhi (14 December 1946 – 23 June 1980) was an Indian politician. He was a family member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. During his lifetime he was widely expected to succeed his mother, Indira Gandhi as head of the Indian National Congress, but following his early death in a plane crash his elder brother Rajiv became their mother's political heir, and succeeded her as Prime Minister of India after her death. Sanjay's widow Maneka Gandhi and son Varun Gandhi are leading politicians in the BJP.
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Satish Sharma Satish C. Sharma (born 11 October 1947) is an Indian politician. He now represents the Indian National Congress party, and is a former member of the Union Cabinet in the Government of India. Sharma's political career has been boosted by his closeness to both Rajiv Gandhi, and after his assassination, his wife and the de facto political power center of the Congress party, Sonia Gandhi. He has held seats in the Lok Sabha at the behest of both the Nehru-Gandhi family and the electorate.
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Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat (June 24, 1916 – May 24, 2014) was an Indian author and politician from Rajasthan.
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Ramesh Bijlani Ramesh Lal Bijlani (born 1947) is an Indian writer, inspirational speaker, medical scientist and retired Professor of Physiology who has specialized in physiology, nutrition, and yoga. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers, more than 50 popular articles, and 14 books, including a 1000-page textbook for medical students and teachers, "Understanding Medical Physiology" (2004), and a 32-page picture book for 5- to 8-year-olds, "Our Body: A Wonderful Machine" (1986), which was the best selling title published by the National Book Trust for the decade 1995–2005.
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Aneeta Prem Aneeta Prem is a British author, human rights campaigner, magistrate and the founder and president of Freedom.
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Narayan Desai Narayan Desai (24 December 1924 – 15 March 2015) was an Indian Gandhian and author.
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Malati Choudhury Malati Devi Choudhury (née Sen) (1904–1998) was an Indian civil rights and freedom activist and Gandhian. She born in 1904 in an upper middle class Brahmo family. She was the daughter of Barrister Kumud Nath Sen, whom she had lost when she was only two and a half years old, and Snehalata Sen, who brought her up.
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Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai ("Malālah Yūsafzay": Urdu: ‎ ; Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ‎ ] ; born 12 July 1997) is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially education of women in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement.
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Jayanti Dalal Jayanti Ghelabhai Dalal (18 November 1909 – 24 August 1970) was an Indian author, publisher, film maker and politician. Born in family of play organiser and involved in politics during and after independence of India, he was influenced by socialism and Gandhian philosophy. He contributed in field of literature including one-act plays, short stories; publishing and cinema.
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Chhatradhar Mahato Chhatradhar Mahato (Bengali: ছত্রধর মাহাতো ) (born 1964) is an Indian political activist from Lalgarh, West Bengal. He is the convener of the "Police Santrash Birodhi Janasadharaner Committee" (People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA)), and a prominent tribal leader, though he himself is not an adivasi by descent. He gained prominence following the Salboni blast in November 2008.
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Kirthi Jayakumar Kirthi Jayakumar (born 15 December 1987) is an Indian women's rights activist, a social entrepreneur, a peace activist, artist, lawyer and writer.
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Shantaram Naik Shantaram Laxman Naik (born 12 April 1946) is a politician from Indian National Congress party and a former Member of the Parliament of India representing Goa in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is the President of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee and the whip of the Indian National Congress in the Rajya Sabha.
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Abanindranath Tagore Abanindranath Tagore (অবনীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) (7 August 1871 – 5 December 1951) was the principal artist and creator of "Indian Society of Oriental Art". He was also the first major exponent of Swadeshi values in Indian art, thereby founding the influential Bengal school of art, which led to the development of modern Indian painting He was also a noted writer, particularly for children. Popularly known as 'Aban Thakur', his books "Rajkahini, Budo Angla, Nalak," and "Khirer Putul" are landmarks in Bengali language children's literature.
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List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of "Satyagraha" — the resistance of alleged tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon "ahimsa" or total nonviolence — which inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known in India and across the world with the honorific "Mahatma Gandhi" (Sanskrit: महात्मा "mahātmā" — "Great Soul") and as "Bapu" (Gujarati: બાપુ "bāpu" — "Father"). In India, he is recognised as the Father of the Nation by the political class and 2 October, his birthday, is commemorated each year on Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday and dry day.
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S. G. Sardesai Shriniwas Ganesh Sardesai (1907–1996) popularly known as S.G. Sardesai was an Indian nationalist from Maharashtra and one of the great communist leaders produced by the communist movement in India. He is author of the book Progress and conservatism in ancient India famous for his profound theoretical analysis. He was the Central Executive Committee of pre-split Communist Party of India during the Indo-china conflict.