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 ...

This novel is about the marginalized people in modern India--people living on the periphery--the transgenders, Dalits (untouchables), Muslims, Kashmiris, people ...

Jun 1, 2017 · This Ministry of Utmost Happiness, built on a graveyard, inhabited by minorities and outsiders, is the symbol for hope, peace and compassion ...

Aug 15, 2017 · A way of binding together worlds that have been ripped apart.” As it happens, she didn't really settle on a new way of telling the story—this ...

May 29, 2017 · Arundhati Roy's “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” (Knopf) is a book that people have been waiting twenty years for.

Jun 11, 2017 · Roy's first novel in 20 years is a sprawling but memorable tale involving a vast cast.

Jun 5, 2017 · The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” comes 20 years after Roy's celebrated debut novel, “The God of Small Things.”

It is an aching love story and a decisive remonstration, a story told in a whisper, in a shout, through unsentimental tears and sometimes with a bitter laugh.

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Posted: Jul 19, 2017