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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is the second novel by Indian writer Arundhati Roy, published in 2017, twenty years after her debut, The God of Small Things. Wikipedia
Originally published: 6 June 2017
Pages: 449
Genre: Fiction
Cover artist: Mayank Austen Soofi
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness - A Novel by Arundhati Roy
General Observations about the Novel - 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness'
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a curious beast: baggy, bewilderingly overpopulated with characters, frequently achronological, written in an often careless and haphazard style and yet capable of breathtakingly composed and powerful interludes. The idea that the personal is political and vice versa informs its every sentence, but it also interrogates that assumption, examining its contours and consequences (Alex Clark, The Guardian).Dilip Barad's Blog Click here
1) Political issues in the novel
It is a complex novel because it has five-part that connect with each other when I was in class at that time what I found that I would like to discuss this ..so the novel begins with the Khwabgah and The concern is Jantar Mantar so before reading or leaning that novel that was thought on my mind that what is it. Then further I got the concept of political issues in this novel so let me do throw some light on it, it is related with Kashmir as well as we can find some kind of terrorist attack which is reality happened in the Kashmiri, There is some person who is doing terrorist work.
2) Gender concerns in the novel
It has some kind of gender issue in the novel because the major characters have two sights it means that the quality of boy as well as a girl so the kind of similar things in that character so we can say that it is he or she.
Neoliberalism and Globalization
Gender identities, caste and class hierarchies, the ills of neoliberalism and globalisation are some of the major thematic concerns in Roy’s novel. When Anjum’s (Aftab) mother, Jahanara Begum, discovers a ‘girl-part’ in her child, she is shocked beyond belief. After three girl children, Aftab was supposed to be the ‘coveted’ boy who would carry forward the family name. Instead, the reality of begetting a Muslim “hijra” was not what Jahanara Begum was prepared for. She tries to cover up the child’s identity until it is no longer a plausible idea.for further Click here
3) Environmental concerns in the novel / Ecofeminist study
Throughout Kashmir, women are extremely insecure, and the consequence is their bravery to take to the streets to continue their lives. Khadija, a woman from Kashmir tells Tilottama about her stamina and self-confidence. The shalwar kameez, hijab and the pheran offer them a sense of security commended by Tilottama. The nation, which is devastated by strife over years, implicates diverse magnitudes of suppression as of women, “Women are not allowed. Women are not allowed. Women are not allowed” [5], Roy mentioned this phrase in italics. Tilottama doesn’t interrogate Khadija regarding the limitations and disparities which are frequent in the life of the Kashmiri women; nonetheless the question comes up in her mind repeatedly. Another outstanding example where Roy showcases the intricate nature of relations between body and space which is the consequence of Tilottama’s decision and the process regarding MTP or medical termination of pregnancy. It is a kind of act which is belittled by everyone, incorporating the doctor, especially when the woman is not accompanied by her ‘guardian’ at the hospital. There is “hostility and disgust” [5]. The doctors refuse and thereby tell her that the procedure is quite unsafe. The entire experience is a frightening one, and her body are subjected to severe pain emotionally and physically.
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