Khushbu Lakhupota

  07 Conclusion   In the novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy, there are many marginalized characters portrayed. But Roy is keeping these characters in the center and speaking on their behalf trying to give voice to them. There are dalits, muslims, untouchables, women, kashmiris, hijras and such characters that are left out from the mainstream of the society. In this research, the focus is on the transgender identities. Anjum is the protagonist in the first half of the novel. She undergoes many struggles. At first she had to leave her parents’ home and move to Khwabgah, then after thirty years spending there she also had to leave Khwabgah and move to a graveyard. In all these circumstances she single handedly managed to come out of many of the unpleasant situations of life. She emerges as a successful person regardless of her gender. She has also become the supporting system through her Jannat Guest House. In her guest house all the downtrodden, rejecte...

Khushbu Lakhupota  MA Semester 4 Paper 208 Comparative Literature & Translation Studies   Written Assignment  A Brief Note on Translation  Batch 2020-2022 Submitted to: Department of English, MKBU. khushbu22jan93@gmail.com  18 March 2022, Friday  Translation is the bridge and the road that connects to the world of knowledge. Translation study makes the writers work known beyond their own linguistic boundaries. To achieve a high standard in Translation and faithful to the original text one has to take note of the linguistic problems and refer to the theoretical components. Many writers have formulated theories of Translation and established the principles for the Translators. Problem of Equivalence is a major concern in any theory of translation. Translation equivalence is a semiotic category comprising syntactic, and semantic components. Translators must study the translation theories that can be used as a guideline for the production of translation. Se...

 Khushbu Lakhupota  MA Semester 4 Paper 207 Contemporary Literature in English  Written Assignment  The Ministry of Utmost Happiness  A Very Special Novel. Batch 2020-2022 Submitted to: Department of English, MKBU. khushbu22jan93@gmail.com  18 March 2022, Friday  The MINISTRY of UTMOST HAPPINESS ARUNDHATI ROY  Booker Prize-winning author of THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS 'Breathtaking' Observer 'Unmissable' Time ARUNDHATI ROY is the author of The God of Small Things, which won the Booker Prize in 1997 and has been translated into more than forty languages. Since then Roy has published several works of non-fiction, including The Algebra of Infinite Justice, Listening to Grasshoppers and Broken Republic. She lives in Delhi. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK At its best, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness can be miraculous in its ability to evoke a thousand small acts of tenderness and everyday pleasures-Nilanjana Roy, Business Standard [Roy] can make the light of lan...

  Khushbu Lakhupota  MA Semester 4 Paper 206 The African Literature  Written Assignment  A Study of the Novel Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o  Batch 2020-2022 Submitted to: Department of English, MKBU. khushbu22jan93@gmail.com   18 March 2022, Friday  A Study of the Novel Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o  Political Fury and Failed Vision: Petals of Blood, written by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is published in 1977. This work is more tensed. It reflects the effects of Neocolonialism. The power was replaced. In, A Grain of Wheat Ngugi shows that the native people used to wait outside the office of MP. The MP was not interested in improving the situation of poor farmers. The farmers struggle to regain the land was endless and the people were given fake promises. In Neocolonialism Black people formed the government and ruled over their people. The vision of freedom failed. The same problems can be seen in Petals of Blood also. Individuals fight with th...