![]() Anjum takes you along as she sashays down the streets of Delhi, holding your attention in the palm of her hand. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness begins with the story of Anjum who was born Aftab, a child with born with both male and female parts. “ She came to see fame much like a tin can trailing noisily behind her wherever she went: eventually, it would drop off and she would then write some “worstsellers” and eat mangoes in the moonlight.”( source) And Ms Roy was nonchalant enough to go with the flow. When The God of Small Things won the Booker Prize, it was perhaps an astonishing thing for that book, at that time, given that author. In this case, Ms Roy can be excused for she has been very busy during this time. ![]() Twenty years seem to be a very long time considering some authors who go on spinning tales at an exhausting frequency. So I grew taller and one day read The God of Small Things.Īnd now, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is out, Arundhati Roy’s second novel. I asked if I could buy it, but I was told to wait a few more years to read that sort of book. ![]() And I had read the book being raved and reviewed in the newspapers as well. It looked striking against the many books with big words on their covers. It was then, during an exhibition, that I saw a book, one with a green cover and a little flower. I was only a little taller than a table, just about enough to look without having to stand on my toes. ![]()
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