Anjum, an Old Delhi hijra and survivor of the Gujarat pogrom, exiles herself to the neighbourhood graveyard after losing the affection of her adopted daughter. The central characters of the book – Anjum, Tilottama, Musa and Saddam – roam in the peripheries of society. However, other than Roy being a celebrity and the book’s intentions, there is little by way of depth and complexity to buttress the novel’s worthiness up to the standards of a Paul Beatty or Kiran Desai, or even Roy’s own previous accomplishment. Within weeks of its publication, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness found itself on the Booker longlist in in July.
Arundhati Roy’s second book was much anticipated – after all, one is always in need of a song.
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