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Roy has learned to live and think independently because of her experiences. To this day, she continues to voice her opinion as a social activist. Her focus has shifted from novel-writing to the current global political condition. As a result, she has published two more essay collections Power Politics in 2001, and War Talk in 2003. In May, 2004 Roy was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for her work in social campaigns and the advocacy of non-violence. (3) Roy’s dedication to social and political causes in her native India encouraged her to become a member of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) and to donate the award money from her Booker Prize (1997), around 30,000, to promote their cause. (1) Her most recent essay collection “An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire” is a critique of current affairs, was released in 2004. Her personal fame has drawn social awareness as well as controversy, with some criticism from all ranges of the political spectrum. (2) In 1998 she was named to People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” list. (5) Her recent celebrity helped to generate media publicity of India’s anti- dam movement, which protests to the way New Delhi’s water projects have displaced millions of impoverished people. Roy has also opposed India’s nuclear weapons capabilities and connection with capitalism. Arundhati Roy is also notably against globalization. (6) These issues have connected her with international human rights organizations such as the World Social Forum. Roy’s name has become synonymous with other celebrated activists and liberal figures, including Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, and Michael Moore. In a 2004 interview in the San Francisco Chronical, Roy says of herself “I wouldn’t feel I was doing anything right if everyone stood up and applauded.”(5)