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Kerala: Arundhati Roy's mother Mary Roy passes away
Renowned academician and women's rights activist Mary Roy, 89, passed away here on Thursday.
She was known for winning the Supreme Court lawsuit in 1986 against the gender-biased inheritance law prevalent within the Syrian Christian community of Kerala
By: Jaikrishnan P
KOTTAYAM: Renowned academician and women's rights activist Mary Roy, 89, passed away here on Thursday.
She was known for winning the Supreme Court lawsuit in 1986 against the gender-biased inheritance law prevalent within the Syrian Christian community of Kerala.
The judgment gave Syrian Christian women equal rights over the ancestral property as their male siblings.She founded the Corpus Christi School in 1961 which was later renamed as Pallikoodam.
She is the mother of Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy.
KOTTAYAM: Renowned academician and women's rights activist Mary Roy, 89, passed away here on Thursday.
She was known for winning the Supreme Court lawsuit in 1986 against the gender-biased inheritance law prevalent within the Syrian Christian community of Kerala.
The judgment gave Syrian Christian women equal rights over the ancestral property as their male siblings.She founded the Corpus Christi School in 1961 which was later renamed as Pallikoodam.
She is the mother of Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy.
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