• GEROME KARTHIC KUMAR L
• DR CHITHRA G K

Arundhati Roy in her latest novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness portrays the dejection and trauma of Anjum, a transwoman, born a man. Born Aftab, Anjum leaves her home during her late teens to live away from her in a carefully guarded and disfigured home, "Khwabgah" or "Palace of Dreams," with nine other transgenders who are "othered" by the gaze and eventually end up in a graveyard. In this book, Roy poses some critical questions. She conjures up the violent, but very credible plot. With the tools of power dynamics and queer theory, this research aims to focus and examine the impact of dejection and trauma on the construction of queer identity in public space, especially about the violated transgender psyche and their alienation in the novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, focusing on the protagonist Anjum as a case study. The study will thus demonstrate how Roy has entwined today's harsh realities with a fictional narrative.

Dejection, trauma, gaze, power dynamics, queer theory, queer identity

"A Study of Queer Identity and its Acceptance in the novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no.c422-c433, August-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308249.pdf

"A Study of Queer Identity and its Acceptance in the novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no. ppc422-c433, August-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308249.pdf