This blog is a response blog task given by Dr. Dilip Barad in this blog we are assigned three questions. This blog is based on Arundhati Roy's Second Novel Ministry of Utmost Happiness. In this blog it is about Character, Fact, Fiction.
About Author
Arundhati Roy, full name Suzanna Arundhati Roy, (born November 24, 1961, Shillong, Meghalaya, India), Indian author, actress, and political activist who was best known for the award-winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes. Arundhati Roy is the author of the novel The God of Small Things, for which she was awarded the Booker Prize in 1997, and two collections of essays: The Algebra of Infinite Justice and An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire. She lives in New Delhi, India
The Novel Ministry of Utmost Happiness
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. The novel weaves together the stories of people navigating some of the darkest and most violent episodes of modern Indian history, from land reform that dispossessed poor farmers to the Bhopal disaster, 2002 Godhra train burning and Kashmir insurgency.[3] Roy's characters run the gamut of Indian society and include an intersex woman (hijra), a rebellious architect, and her landlord who is a supervisor in the intelligence service.[4] The narrative spans across decades and locations, but primarily takes place in Delhi and Kashmir.
Character's
Mulakaat Ali
Jahanara Begam
Aftab/Anjum
Man who know English
Ahlam Baji(middle Wife)
Bombay Silk
Mary(only Christian)
Gudiya
Saeeda
Bulbul
Bismilla (Bimla)
Nimo Gorakhpur
Kulsoom Bi (Nayak of Hijra House)
Ziauddin Imam
Zainab
Zakir Mia
Mansoor(zakir mia son)
Sakeem (anjum Brother)
Abhay Chand
Hazrat Sarman
Aurangjeb
Changez Khan
Borte Khatun
Dr. Azad Bharati
Sadam Hussein
Dayachand
Sangita madam
Inspector Sherawat
Tubby old Gandhian(anna Hazare
Mr. Agarwal(kejariwal)
Gujrat ka lalla (Narendra Modi)
Manmohan singh(trapped Rabbit)
S. Tilottama(Tilo)
Mariyam Ipe(mother of Tilottama)
Musa Yeswi
Arifa(wife of Musa)
Jebeen(first-daughter of Musa)
Biplav Das Gupta
Chitra(Biplav Wife)
Rabiya, Aania(Daughter of Biplav)
Nagraj Hariharan
Captain Amrik Singh
Lovleet singh(Amrik singh wife)
Acp Pinky Sodhi
Balveer Sodhi (brother of pinki)
Khadija(lady give accompany to Tilo)
Aijaz(one of the Terrorist interviewed by Nagraj)
Jalil Qadri (kashmir Humanist)
Jainab (second found in Jantar Mantar-Udaya)
Revathy
Plot Summary
Novel starts with Jannath Graveyard with a surreal image where she lived as a tree.. Anjum was one of the narrators and one man knew English who spoke the opposite name of Majnu and Anjum said his name means Mehfil.
In second Chapter we enter in to Khwabgah and Anjum back story reveals his parents Mulakat Ali was hakim and their is connection with Changez Khan and his wife Borte khatum and their one of son of family accept Islam his wife gave the birth Anjum. Ahlam Baiji, a midwife, announced that when a boy child was born everyone was happy but the mother was not. But she thought that female genitals will seal with time and he will grow like a boy and so hid this fact from everybody.Jahangara begum thinks that everything has its own language but for him Hijara and Kinnar. World and their community and philosophy is revealed. Back to Anjum life he was follow one young woman and come to Khwabgah and woman is Bombay Silk one of the hijra in Khwabgah and their Kulsoom Bi is the leader of Gharana she proud of their community she takes all of them to watching Redford show and she was telling that in mughal emperor they have more respect. Anjum's mother takes him one pir Dargah Hajrat Sarman He adopts Islam and also disowns it after some time. He used to road naked in the time of King Aurangzeb. He was caught and was asked to recite the whole ‘Kalima’ but he recite only ‘Laa Illaha’ which means there is no god and he was beheaded on the steps of Jama Masjid.Arundhati Roy compare beheaded with helmet.
Aftab lived in Khwabgah then many years he lives their one day they visit Jama Masjid and found one baby Zainab and he was taking care of like mother but one day Zainab was too ill and he was think that saeeda making some Jadu tona on Zainab so one of the his family friend Zakir Mia going to Agmer so he decided to go with him in the return from Agmer Zakir Mia decided to meet his family and some friends who lived in Gujarat and they are stuck in Godhrakand riots many month passed away in Khwabgah and Anjum and Zakir Mia family find them both in and Gujarat one day Zakir Mia son Mansoor and Anjum brother Sakeem find Anjum and he was reveals that they killed in riot and they return Delhi but Anjum faced some mental trauma of riot because he reveals that in riots they levels anjum because he was transgender killing him is not good in Khwabgah he was recite Gayatri Mantra and teach Zainab also because he thinks Gujarat could come to Delhi any day. He was passed his more time with books and not follow kulsoom bi so he left Khwabgah and started lived in Jannath Guesthouse in Graveyard.
Jannath guesthouse 46 years old Anjum lived near graveyard their is one Government Hospital Saddam Hussein work their and he was telling Anjum that he was Muslim then Anjum tell him to recite Kalama and same like Hajrat Sarman episode then he was reveals that he was hindu and his name is Dayachand he was Chamar and taking this name for revenge of his father's murder by some people for taking animals skin it was like episode of Una and he was inspired by terrorist sadam Hussein
Chapter end with
Anjum waited to die
Saddam waited to kill
And miles away, in a troubled forest, a baby waited to be born..
All are going to see Jantar Mantar in this place their are many people protest for several things hijras are going to see this gathering their is Tubby old Gandhian, Mr. Agarwal, Dr. Azad Bharti is their many others are have their own protest.
Mother of Disappered
Manipur Nationalist
Delhi Kabadiwala
Bopalist
Hindi as National language
Mother of Disappered people who lots their family members even their body not found, Manipur Nationalist who are fight against AFSPA, Bopal Gaskand. suddenly they find one baby they decided to take baby but to takeing this baby Mr. Agarwal and Anjum have quarrel and baby disappear. All hijras are starting to find baby one lady take baby in her apartment and she show one horsemen and he was Saddam Hussein who find baby with all people and he was have one horse with him
Narrative change in this part it was first person narration and see some documents this narrater is Biplav das gupta and he was give this apartment to his friend S. Tilottama and when she was Khasmir and her one of the friend Musa his wife and Daughter is killed by security service he was become Terrorist and one of his group member gave interview to Nagraj about terrorist Activity and their intentions Musa's family killed and they want revenge Captain Amrik Singh who was responsible for many deaths in their region he knows that many people are planing to his death so because of fear he was moved to Canada then illegally his family enter to America and their he was killed his wife and children then committed suicide these four are S. Tilottama, Nagraj, Musa, and Biplav are college frnd and they part in one drama after reading those documents Biplav have doubt one Musa to killing Amrik Singh.
S. Tilottama came to Jannath guesthouse with baby they give name jabeen Musa also came their and Biplav was intelligent Officer and his wife and children are not lived with him he. Was also came to guesthouse and he asking Musa that you killed Amrik Singh they he says no he was not kill him but he was and his group making afraid him because of fear he was doing this and after some time Dr. Azad Bharati came with one letter which is by Revathy a very long letter and she describe that she was raped by six police Officer and Jabeen was one of them child and by they received this letter she was also killed by others and it was about Nakshalwadi and their fight against power and their story moves on Suddam merry Zainab and Anjum taking Jabeen to walk and at last the reference of Guih Kyom and Hope for Future.
The Reader’s Digest Book of English Grammar and Comprehension for Very Young Children By S. Tilottama - Give answers to the questions asked regarding any three stories. Questions are given at the end of each story.
NEWS
Kashmir Guideline News Service Dozens of Cattle Cross Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri At least 33 cattle including 29 buffaloes have crossed over to Pakistan side in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.According to KGNS, the cattle crossed the LoC in Kalsian sub-sector. ‘The cattle which belong to Ram Saroop, Ashok Kumar, Charan Das, Ved Prakash and others were grazing near LoC when they crossed over to other side,’ locals told KGNS.
Tick the Box:
Q 1: Why did the cattle cross the LoC?
(a) For training
(b) For sneak-in ops
(c) Neither of the above.
I think that option (a) For Training is the right answer because 33 cattle are cross the LOC it was 29 Buffalo and name of four people as per my calculations this four is going to train himself with crowd of cattle they cross the LOC.
THE VIRGIN
The fidayeen attack that had been planned on the army camp was aborted at the last minute by none other than the fidayeen themselves. They took this decision because Abid Ahmed alias Abid Suzuki, the driver of the Maruti Suzuki they were in, was driving really badly.The little car veered sharply to the left, then sharply to the right, as though it was dodging something. But the road was empty and there was nothing to dodge. When Abid Suzuki’s companions (none of whom knew how to drive) asked him what the matter was, he said it was the houris who had come to take them all to heaven. They were naked and dancing on the bonnet, distracting him.
There’s no way to ascertain whether the naked houris were virgins or not.
But Abid Suzuki certainly was one.
Q 1: Why was Abid Suzuki driving badly?
Q 2: How do you establish a man’s virginity?
Ans1 Abid Suzuki drove badly because naked houris dancing on the bonnet of the car so he felt distracted.
Ans 2 With religion you can establish Man's virginity.
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THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
Manohar Mattoo was a Kashmiri Pandit who stayed on in the Valley even after all the other Hindus had gone. He was secretly tired of and deeply hurt by the barbs from his Muslim friends who said that all Hindus in Kashmir were actually, in one way or another, agents of the Indian Occupation Forces. Manohar had participated in all the anti-India protests, and had shouted Azadi! louder than everybody else. But nothing seemed to help. At one point he had even contemplated taking up arms and joining the Hizb, but eventually he decided against it. One day an old school friend of his, Aziz Mohammed, an intelligence officer,visited him at home to tell him that he was worried for him. He said that he had seen his
(Mattoo’s) surveillance file. It suggested that he be put under watch because he displayed‘anti-national tendencies’.When he heard the news Mattoo beamed and felt his chest swell with pride.'You have given me the Nobel Prize!’ he told his friend.
He took Aziz Mohammed out to Café Arabica and bought him coffee and pastries worth
Rs 500.A year later he (Mattoo) was shot by an unknown gunman for being a kafir.
Q 1: Why was Mattoo shot?
(a) Because he was a Hindu
(b) Because he wanted Azadi
(c) Because he won the Nobel Prize
(d) None of the above
(e) All of the above.
Ans. (a) Because he was hindu
Q 2: Who could the unknown gunman have been?
(a) An Islamist militant who thought all kafirs should be killed
(b) An agent of the Occupation who wanted people to think that all
Islamist militants thought that all kafirs should be killed
(c) Neither of the above
(d) Someone who wanted everyone to go crazy trying to figure it out.
Ans. An Islamist militant who thought all kafirs should be killed
Write about any one theme or character of the novel with the help of Chat OpenAI GPT. Ask to Chat GPT and put a screenshot as well as copy-paste the answer generated by this response generator.
Theme of Death And Life Boundaries
In Arundhati Roy's novel Ministry of Utmost Happiness, the boundaries between death and life are blurred and fluid. The characters in the novel, who come from different backgrounds and experiences, struggle with the complexities of life and death. The novel explores themes of loss, grief, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity. The characters' individual journeys and experiences ultimately lead them to the "ministry of utmost happiness," a place where they can find a sense of peace and acceptance. The novel ultimately suggests that death is not the end, but rather a continuation of life in different forms.
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