The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Context triple: [Arundhati Roy, notableWork, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness]
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A.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things is Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize–winning debut novel, a nonlinear family saga set in Kerala that explores forbidden love, caste, and political turmoil.
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B.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
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C.
Midnight's Children
"Midnight's Children" is a landmark postcolonial novel by Salman Rushdie that blends magical realism with Indian history around the time of independence and Partition.
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D.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Margaret Atwood that blends family saga, mystery, and metafiction through a story-within-a-story structure.
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E.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Target entity description: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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A.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things is Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize–winning debut novel, a nonlinear family saga set in Kerala that explores forbidden love, caste, and political turmoil.
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B.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
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C.
Midnight's Children
"Midnight's Children" is a landmark postcolonial novel by Salman Rushdie that blends magical realism with Indian history around the time of independence and Partition.
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D.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Margaret Atwood that blends family saga, mystery, and metafiction through a story-within-a-story structure.
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E.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
Dalit oppression
ⓘ
Kashmir conflict ⓘ LGBTQ+ rights in India ⓘ communal violence in India ⓘ |
| author | Arundhati Roy ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Indian ⓘ |
| containsElement |
graveyard community
ⓘ
love story ⓘ political commentary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ political fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-670-08594-8 ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | poetic prose ⓘ |
| longlistedFor |
Booker Prize
ⓘ
surface form:
Man Booker Prize 2017
|
| mainCharacter |
Anjum
ⓘ
Musa ⓘ Saddam Hussain (character) ⓘ Tilo ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
fragmented narrative
ⓘ
multiple perspectives ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 450 ⓘ |
| precededBy | The God of Small Things ⓘ |
| protagonistIdentity | hijra ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hamish Hamilton
ⓘ
Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
surface form:
Knopf
Penguin Books ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Delhi
ⓘ
India ⓘ Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form:
Kashmir
|
| structure | two-part novel ⓘ |
| theme |
belonging
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gender identity ⓘ human rights ⓘ loss ⓘ love ⓘ marginalization ⓘ political conflict ⓘ religious tension ⓘ state violence ⓘ |
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Subject: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Description of subject: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
Referenced by (9)
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness universe
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness fictional universe
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017 novel)