The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

The house of immense happiness takes us on a journey of many years. It is a story that reaches from the cramped settlements of years old Delhi to the flourishing new metropolis and beyond to the plains of Kashmir and the jungles of Central India, where war is peace and peace is war.

Occasionally, the situation is declared to be normal. Anjum, who was previously Aftab, puts her telegram in a graveyard in the city and calls it her home.

One midnight, a baby girl suddenly appears in the litter carousel on the pavement. Reality S. Tilottama remains as absent in the lives of the three men who love him. The ‘house of immense happiness’ is simultaneously an expression of sad love story and unquestioned resistance.

He has been described in whispers, in screams, through tears and sometimes with laughter. Its heroes are those who have been broken by the world in which they live and then remain on the strength of love and hope. For this reason, she is as brittle as she is, and she never surrenders.

This compelling, brilliant book tells us again in a new way what a novel can and does happen. The charisma of Arundhati Roy’s story-art is recorded on every page of it.

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Special things:

• Arundhati Roy’s first novel was awarded with the Booker Prize. This is his second and much awaited novel.
• This novel has so far been translated into 49 languages ​​of the world.
• From Rajkamal, translation of this novel has been published in both Hindi and Urdu languages.
• Opinion about this novel in various reputed journals around the world is as follows

‘Never forgettable novel … a love story, whose touching and compelling characters put themselves in the reader’s mind.’ —Patty Roulette, USA Today

In its supreme form the ‘Gharana of immense happiness’ is nothing short of a miracle, which has the ability to awaken tenderness and pleasure in the small tasks of everyday life. —Nilanjana Roy, Business Standard

Roy can illuminate the physical reality with the light of language in such a way as is possible for a few writers. —Tish Khair, The Hindu

Compelling, musical and elegantly structured. Roy portrays a mysterious love with cinematic merit as well as true poignancy and deep emotion. His talent is revealed in personal experiences. In measuring the poetic details and complex arithmetic of love and engagement, the ‘House of Great Happiness’ serves as an expectation from the tragedies seen. —Machiko Kakutani, New York Times

Roy’s novel is a constantly binding work. Insight of human nature, with its memorable characters and compelling prose, ‘Gharana’ is a work that was worth the wait. —Sara Begley, Time

Strong and touching … Roy’s second novel describes what fiction can do. Excellent prose is his unique tool. She portrays the horrors of news headlines and also the silent moments of the lovers when they share poems and dreams. The ‘gharana’ is so full of impulse — political, social and emotional — that it takes a beating. In Roy’s world, love and hope sprout in spite of adversity, as flowers grow from the cracks of the pavement. —Heller Macalpin, San Francisco Chronicle.

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A masterpiece, a Shahkar novel, a unique composition, a soulful and cosmopolitan story full of comedy and fuss. A story that nurtures the most fragile people in the world, as well as attacks the rapacious villains. Gharana is an interesting piece of art from beginning to end — a mixture of satire, romance, thriller and history. It tells the story of the global struggle of minorities. This is a story that flows in such a compelling way that it looks more like ink on water than words on paper. This gigantic novel amazes the depth of his temper and compassion. —Ron Charles, Washington Post

If you want to know our corporate-sponsored dream sequences, read authors like Arundhati Roy. She tells you what is really happening. —Juno Diaz, Vogue

Impressive … an elaborate and dynamic novel with lots of sounds. An intimate portrait of diverse characters. We not only get to see the specifics of their daily lives, but also get acquainted with their beliefs and the contexts that affect their activism.

The beautiful, rebellious woman Tilo is the beating heart of this book, a magical focal point, which evokes all the desire of the novel. Roy’s sarcasm is as sharp as ever, and his stories create a comprehensive picture of India of the last few decades.

His prose is fundamentally democratic, and his unmistakable craft and his way of looking at the world have become widespread. —Amitawa Kumar, Book Forum

Touchy … powerful … a novel that makes you feel like you’ve lived it many times. Here there is an excess of everything, of suffering and joy and love and war and death and life, so much of being a human being. ‘Gharana’ rips the world in such a way that it shows all its amazing beauty and ruthless vulgarity.

Roy brings the unknown and the unknown to the center and underlines that love is the only way that people can cross the body or the borders of the country. Everything in ‘Gharana’ is vibrant – from emotions to people and countries. This liveliness of every human being and every living thing and everything is so important to the novel.