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Short answer

Add 'was born' as main verb; use commas around appositive; capitalize proper nouns; italicize book and film titles; correct spellings: Shillong, Arundhati, Massey Sahib, screenplay, In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, Things.

Edit the following text: Arundhati Roy the famous novelist and activist who won the booker prize in 1997 for her novel. The God of small things was born in shellong Meghalaya on november 24, 1961 to a Keralite mother and a Bengali father. In 1984 Arundati began a brief career in films. She played the role of a village girl in the moule massey sahib and also wrote the screen play for the film in which Annie gives in those ones. Roy began writing the god of small thengs in 1992 and finished it in 1996.

Edited text

Arundhati Roy, the famous novelist and activist who won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel The God of Small Things, was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, on 24 November 1961 to a Keralite mother and a Bengali father.

In 1984 Arundhati began a brief career in films. She played the role of a village girl in the movie Massey Sahib and also wrote the screenplay for the film In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones.

Roy began writing The God of Small Things in 1992 and finished it in 1996.

Corrections made

  • Completed the sentence: the original had no main verb; "was born" is added, and commas are used around the appositive.
  • Capitalised proper nouns: "Booker Prize", "Shillong", "November".
  • Replaced the full stop after the title with a normal sentence flow and put the book title in italics.
  • Corrected spellings: "Shellong" to "Shillong", "Arundati" to "Arundhati", "moule" to "movie", "massey sahib" to Massey Sahib, "screen play" to "screenplay", "thengs" to "Things".
  • Corrected the film title and the phrase "Annie gives in those ones".
  • Added a comma after "Meghalaya" and used "24 November".

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