• Dr. Nikhat Fatima

The idea of representation is central to the novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. The phenomenon of naming and categorizing things which is common in all cultures is predicted on the notion of binary opposites. That which does not fall into either of the categories is labelled as queer. In her novel, Arundhati Roy gives representation to the queer, the transgenders, the marginalised and the subalterns, drawn from diverse sections of Indian society. She has woven the idioms of the intelligible into the narrative of the novel as a linguistic, cultural and political category with primary focus on the portrayal of non-normative gender identities in her work. This paper attempts to mark the way in which the novel critically engages with the questions of language embodiment and subjectivity by sketching unintelligibility as a site which is constructed as incomprehensible by the normative frames of legibility on one side, and as a site of potential resistance on the other.

Transgenders, marginalised, Arundhati Roy , gender identities , potential resistance

"Unintelligibility in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 9, page no.c83-c88, September-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2509212.pdf

"Unintelligibility in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 9, page no. ppc83-c88, September-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2509212.pdf