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06/06/2017 · The first novel in 20 years from the author of The God of Small Things, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness begins with the story of a young Delhi hermaphrodite named Anjum, and continues onward as an intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent—from the cramped neighborhoods of Old Dehli and the roads of the new city to the mountains and valleys of Kashmir and … The Ministry of Utmost Happiness begins with Anjum, a Hijra — one of India's traditionally accepted transgender women. We follow her through her childhood and her coming of age as trans; from the outset, these sections have the bewitching prose, the bracing idiosyncrasy, the seductive pathos that made Roy's first book a universal favorite. 25/06/2017 · The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy Hamish Hamilton, $38 . The first novel in more than 20 years by Booker Prize winning author, Arundhati Roy starts in a graveyard.[…]