Oppression of Minorities in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Authors

  • Muhammad Zeeshan Khan Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, The University of Haripur
  • Waheed Ahmad Khan Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, The University of Haripur
  • Abbass Zaman Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, The University of Haripur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v10i2.1038

Abstract

Victimization and oppression are two leading influences which have maltreated the Indian minorities under the Indian administration. The present paper talks about the plight of the Indian smaller sects as portrayed in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness in the light of Frantz Fanon’s (1961) notion of neocolonialism. The recent paper uses qualitative data while addressing the troubled Indian sub-groups. After a comprehensive textual interpretation, it concludes that the minority groups in India are mistreated and persecuted. It highlighted the anti-minority state policies which have targeted them and mostly the Muslims. The paper finds that religion is used as a weapon against them. State sponsored violent mobs and several black laws had endangered the strengthless inhabitants in India. The state police are the main handlers behind this oppression and violence. Police as well their sponsored armed masses had turned the country into a quicksand for the minorities and mostly the Muslims. Indian forces apply the tactics of neocolonialism to persecute and damage the sub-groups in India.

Author Biography

Muhammad Zeeshan Khan, Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, The University of Haripur

Lecturer in the University of Haripur.

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2022-05-10

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Khan, M. Z., Khan, W. A., & Zaman, A. (2022). Oppression of Minorities in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. VFAST Transactions on Education and Social Sciences, 10(2), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v10i2.1038

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022): April-June

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