THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS-ARUNDHATI ROY
The Ministry of Umost Happiness is the second novel written by Arundhati Roy , Booker Prize winning author of The God Of Small Things , published by Penguin Books.
The novel is set in the backdrop of Delhi and Kashmir and it deals with some of the violent issues of modern India , including the Gujarat riots and Kashmir insurgency. It is an aching love story. Its heroes are people who have been broken by the world they live in and then rescued , mended by love and hope . The novel is revolving around the themes of Hindu nationalism , Kashmir militancy , mob lynchings , transgender community and Hindu -Muslim violence. It is set across the span of many years through the partion of India , Pakistan and Bangladesh .The novel portrays two main characters Anjum , a transgender and Tilo , a trained architect who journeys to the Kashmir region.The story is being told through the eyes of these two characters.
Critically assessing the novel , we can see that there is a mess up of many characters . Pimary , secondary and tertiary characters have given there own identity and it is a bit confusing for the reader to move through the story. There is not really an actual plot . Arundhati Roy’s experiences and her views on the political conditions of India are expressed through the two characters,Anjum and Tilo. The beginning and ending of the novel is interesting but as we move on new characters emerges which have mere importance in the novel and it becomes difficult for the reader to catch up the story line and makes the middle chapters little dry .Its a highly intellectual piece of Roy’s literature and it demonstrates in every page the miracle of Arundhati Roy’s storytelling magic.
Roy had put twenty years after God of Small Things for this novel. Being a good critic and observer of Indian political landscape , Roy is criticising the present day social atrocities including cow vigilantism amd mob lynchings . She is making a reference to our Prime Minister ,even though she is not mentioning his name she calls him “Gujarat ka Lalla” in somewhat a mocking tone .
The novel can be seen as an excellent piece of literature worthy of being into 2017 Man Booker Prize longlist and demands attraction from dedicated readers.
The Ministry of Umost Happiness is the second novel written by Arundhati Roy , Booker Prize winning author of The God Of Small Things , published by Penguin Books.
The novel is set in the backdrop of Delhi and Kashmir and it deals with some of the violent issues of modern India , including the Gujarat riots and Kashmir insurgency. It is an aching love story. Its heroes are people who have been broken by the world they live in and then rescued , mended by love and hope . The novel is revolving around the themes of Hindu nationalism , Kashmir militancy , mob lynchings , transgender community and Hindu -Muslim violence. It is set across the span of many years through the partion of India , Pakistan and Bangladesh .The novel portrays two main characters Anjum , a transgender and Tilo , a trained architect who journeys to the Kashmir region.The story is being told through the eyes of these two characters.
Critically assessing the novel , we can see that there is a mess up of many characters . Pimary , secondary and tertiary characters have given there own identity and it is a bit confusing for the reader to move through the story. There is not really an actual plot . Arundhati Roy’s experiences and her views on the political conditions of India are expressed through the two characters,Anjum and Tilo. The beginning and ending of the novel is interesting but as we move on new characters emerges which have mere importance in the novel and it becomes difficult for the reader to catch up the story line and makes the middle chapters little dry .Its a highly intellectual piece of Roy’s literature and it demonstrates in every page the miracle of Arundhati Roy’s storytelling magic.
Roy had put twenty years after God of Small Things for this novel. Being a good critic and observer of Indian political landscape , Roy is criticising the present day social atrocities including cow vigilantism amd mob lynchings . She is making a reference to our Prime Minister ,even though she is not mentioning his name she calls him “Gujarat ka Lalla” in somewhat a mocking tone .
The novel can be seen as an excellent piece of literature worthy of being into 2017 Man Booker Prize longlist and demands attraction from dedicated readers.
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