ASSIGNMENT
Prompt, but feel free to explore and respond to a question or concern you find more interesting. All responses must be to the novel Ministry of Utmost Happiness.
1. Reflect on the ways Roy messes with or innovates when it comes to the form of the novel.
2. Reflect on the Khwabgah and the hijra experience represented in the novel.
3. Consider the ways non-human animals help move the plot of the novel.
4. Reflect on the idea of a nation, in this case India, as experienced by the many marginalised or peripheral peoples represented in the novel.
5. Why do you think the novel is dedicated to the “unconsoled?’ How does this dedication frame the novel?
Read Khwabgah, Chapter 2 of The ministry of utmost happniess
