Noted author Arundhati Roy's mother Mary Roy passes away
Mary Roy, an educationist and front runner for women's rights died on Thursday. A social activist, she won a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against gender biased laws governing inheritance back in 1986.
Mary Roy, noted social worker and mother of writer Arundhati Roy, died at 89
Kottayam:Noted educationist and social worker Mary Roy, whose legal battle ensured equal rights for Syrian Christian women in their ancestral property, died on Thursday, family sources said. She was 89-years-old. Roy, mother of writer and Man Booker Prize Winner Arundhati Roy, is also the founder of the famous Pallikoodam school near here. (PTI)