The Ministry of Utmost Happiness - Chapter 10: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Summary & Analysis

Arundhati Roy
This Study Guide consists of approximately 56 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness - Chapter 10: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Summary & Analysis

Arundhati Roy
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Summary

At the Jannat Guest House, Tilo teaches classes in arithmetic, drawing, computer graphics, and “eccentricity” (403). Ustad Hameed begins giving singing lessons again. Together, Zainab and Saddam turn the graveyard into “a Noah’s ark of injured animals” (405). Anjum decides to build a swimming pool without water. Meanwhile, Gujarat ka Lalla becomes the new Prime Minister of India and the Holy Cow becomes a national emblem. On one Independence Day, Zainab finds a crow snagged on a kite string. They manage to let the crow go.

That night, Saddam asks for Zainab’s hand in marriage. Pressed, Saddam deletes the video of Saddam Hussein’s hanging. One of Saddam’s friends arrives on the day of the wedding with a Mercedez-Benz, and the wedding party drives through Delhi. They debate whether it would be a good or bad thing if...

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