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This blog task is in response to the task assigned by Megha Ma'am as part of thinking activity. In this blog task we have to write one book review and also do a citation of our references.
What is Citation?
A “citation” is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source. It also gives your readers the information necessary to find the location details of that source on the reference or Works Cited page.
Why should you cite sources?
To give credit to the source authors.
To help your audience/reader find out more about your research/arguments/ideas/topic.
To strengthen your work be providing outside support to your ideas.
To keep you from failing a paper, a course or being sued in the real world
What is a Book review?
A book review is a critical evaluation of a book. It typically includes a summary of the book's content, as well as an assessment of its strengths and weaknesses. A book review can be written by an individual reader or by a professional reviewer.
Book reviews can be found in a variety of places, including newspapers, magazines, websites, and academic journals. They are often used to help readers decide whether or not to read a particular book.
A book review typically includes the following elements:
A summary of the book's main points and arguments
An evaluation of the book's strengths and weaknesses
A discussion of the book's themes and the author's style
A description of the book's intended audience
A recommendation of whether or not to read the book
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
In the novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Arundhati Roy dissects life in India in the wake of the partition through the eyes of two characters: Anjum, a transgender woman who comes into her own only to find herself redefined by tragedy, turning to a cemetery in Delhi for refuge, and Tilo, a trained architect who journeys to the Kashmir region to reignite her on-and-off-again love affair with Musa, a freedom fighter.
Story starts with the Graveyard,
She lived in the graveyard like a tree.
Anjum lives in the graveyard. There is one man who knows English and the person is Anjum' customer.
ANJUM DON'T HAVE WORRIED LIKE OUTSIDE WORLD HAS , BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS INSIDE OF HER.
In the second chapter there is the introduction of the Anjum. Setting of this part is Khwabgah from where we came to know about the past of Anjum. Introduction of Anjum is like - SHE WAS THE FOURTH OF FIVE CHILDREN, BORN ON A COLD JANUARY NIGHT.
Everything was either masculine or feminine,man or woman. Everything except her baby. We have language for men and women but we don't have language for third gender.
For the few years of Aftab’s life, Jahanara Begum’s secret remained safe. Finally when Aftab was nine years old she told everything to her husband.Her husband, Mulaqat Ali, was a hakim, a doctor of herbal medicine, and a lover of Urdu and Persian poetry. Then there is the introduction of Hakim Abdul Mazid, under whom Mulakat Ali worked. Changez Khan, son of emperor Chagatai.When Jahanara Begum told him about Aftab, perhaps for the first time in his life Mulaqat Ali had no suitable couplet for the occasion. It took him a while to get over the initial shock.Then there was the introduction of Dr.Ghulam Nabi - who called himself a 'SEXOLOGIST'.Dr Nabi prided himself on being a straight-talking man of precise and scientific temper. After examining Aftab he said he was not, medically speaking, a Hijra – a female trapped in a male body – although for practical purposes that word could be used. Aftab, he said, was a rare example of a Hermaphrodite, with both male and female characteristics, though outwardly, the male characteristics appeared to be more dominant. He said he could recommend a surgeon who would seal the girl-part, sew it up. He could prescribe some pills too. But, he said, the problem was not merely superficial. While treatment would surely help, there would be ‘Hijra tendencies’ that were unlikely to ever go away. Here Fitrat was the word he used for ‘tendencies’. He could not guarantee complete success. Then Mulakat Ali was involved in arranging money and started to list down the name from whom he can get money, and he also told stories to Aftab. But when he heard the story of how Temujin – Changez Khan – won the hand of his
beautiful wife, Borte Khatun, how she was kidnapped by a rival tribe and how Temujin fought a whole army virtually single-handedly to get her back because he loved her so much, Aftab found himself wanting to be her. Over a period of a few months, by running errands, carrying
their bags and musical instruments when the residents went on their city
rounds, by massaging their tired feet at the end of a working day, Aftab
eventually managed to insinuate himself into the Khwabgah. Finally the day dawned when he was allowed in.
He began to divide his time between his music classes and hanging around outside the blue doorway of the house in Gali Dakotan where the tall woman lived. He learned that her name was Bombay Silk and that there were seven others like her, Bulbul, Razia, Heera, Baby, Nimmo, Mary and Gudiya, who
lived together in the haveli with the blue doorway, and that they had an Ustad, a guru, called Kulsoom Bi, older than the rest of them, who was the head of the household.After he came to know that the place called- KHWABGAH - the House of Dreams. Mary was the only Christian among the residents of the Khwabgah.Gudiya and
Bulbul were both Hindus and did occasionally visit temples that would allow them in. The rest were Muslim. Aftab’s first real friend in the Khwabgah was Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
One day Nimmo asked Aftab - ‘D’you know why God made Hijras?’
Aftab says, 'No, why?’
‘It was an experiment….He decided to create something, a living creature that is incapable of happiness. So he made us.
There are very meaningful conversations between Nimmo and Aftab about happiness of Hijras where Aftab says that we don't have problems which normal people have to face because everything is inside of us like- the price-rise and school-admissions and beating husbands and cheating-wives are all inside us.
“The riot is inside us. The war is Inside us. Indo–Pak is inside us. It will never settle down. It can’t.”
Novel talked about every aspect of society, with references to Sanjiv Gandhi, Riots of Gujrat, Reference of Hijras in Ramayan, Narendra Modi talked about Gujarat riots etc…
In the second part there is Introduction of Sadam Husain and Sangita Medan. Sadam Husain who wants to take revenge for his father. Shehravat is a police officer. Anjum came to know about the past of Sadam Husain as he is not Muslim and why he chose the name Saddm Hussain! In this part many events take place like, Anna Hazare Movement, Manipur nationalist, Fight of Mr. Agrawal and Gujrat ka Lalla. This part ends with the surprising entry of a newly born baby coming and going, Anjum and Sadam Husain all are searching for the baby.
In the last part there is first person narration by Biplab Das Gupta. Previous two parts have third person narration but in this part there is first person narration. S.Tilottama, introduced in this chapter - she and Biplab were in the same college, along with Musa and Nagraj Hariharan. In the present, Musa joins a terror group and becomes a terrorist and Nagraj works as a journalist. Tilottma get married to Nagraj.
How
to
tell
a
shattered
story?
By
slowly
becoming
everybody.
No.
By slowly becoming everything.
Everybody is sleeping, except for Guih Kyom the dung beetle. He was
wide awake and on duty, lying on his back with his legs in the air to save the
world in case the heavens fell. But even he knew that things would turn out
all right in the end. They would, because they had to. Because Miss Jebeen, Miss Udaya Jebeen, has come. With the one insect story ends, Dung Beetle. Novel is dedicated to consoles and their story is always shattered story.
Word count :- 1543
Works Cited
https://www.marian.edu/docs/default-source/marian's-adult-programs-documents/what-is-citation.pdf?sfvrsn=76a375fd_2.
“Book Reviews – The Writing Center • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.” UNC Writing Center, https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/book-reviews/. Accessed 21 January 2023.
The Indian PhD Mantra. 5 May 2021. The Indian PhD Mantra, https://youtu.be/4GRTN7nzfew. Accessed Friday January 2923. English.
“The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy.” YouTube, 13 August 2018, https://youtu.be/_JAOmFlMlMc. Accessed 21 January 2023.
Raj, Smita Sushree. “A STUDY ON ARUNDHATI ROY'S " THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS ."” A STUDY ON ARUNDHATI ROY'S " THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS ", vol. 5, no. 2, 2018. academia.edu, https://www.academia.edu/36556424/A_STUDY_ON_ARUNDHATI_ROYS_THE_MINISTRY_OF_UTMOST_HAPPINESS_SUSHREE_SMITA_RAJ. Accessed Friday January 2023.
Roy, Arundhati. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. Accessed 21 January 2023.
Roy, Arundhati. “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Study Guide: Analysis.” GradeSaver, https://www.gradesaver.com/the-ministry-of-utmost-happiness/study-guide/analysis. Accessed 21 January 2023.
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