The ministry of utmost happiness story6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Roy is a tremendously talented writer and her language throughout the novel is simply beautiful. This also happens to be one of several subplots in the novel, all of which depict individual lives within the context of a broader socio-cultural milieu. These chapters reminded me a bit of Martial Law novels from the Philippines, and I can only imagine how much more impactful they would have been on me if I were more familiar with India’s history. There are parts where freedom fighters are imprisoned by a corrupt government and must negotiate their way back to freedom, and I found these chapters particularly strong. In many ways, Ministry of Utmost Happiness feels like an important novel - it spans multiple generations and touches on some significant points of India’s past. ![]() I absolutely adored her earlier novel The God of Small Thingswhen I read it for university years ago, and I was looking forward to reading the story that compelled her return to fiction after twenty years. It seems almost blasphemous to admit I didn’t like Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. ![]()
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