- Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000
- Ever since writing The God of Small Things, Roy has been a political activist. She has actively protested against the displacement of people due to the construction of Sardar Sarovar dam on river Narmada, due to which she was sentenced to prison for a day. She has written critiques of Nuclear bomb blasts by Indian government.
- One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014].
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