| ISSN: 2583-3812 | ISSN: 2583-3812JOURNAL ARTICLE
Keywords: Post-colonial nationalism; Marginalization; Cultural hegemony; Subaltern identity; Political resistance; Contemporary Indian literature; Social justice
Abstract: Using Arundhati Roy’s, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness as a paradigm, this paper judiciously analyzes the ideas of othering, power hierarchies and post-colonial identities. When it stars marginalized communities like transgender folks, religious minorities and politically subjugated peoples, this book gives you a multi-dimensional representation of how the world exists now. Employing qualitative textual analysis, the research explores Roy's subversion of hegemonic practices of nationalism by rendering visible subjects on the fringe. This research uses theoretical standpoints from post-colonial studies, cultural hegemony, and subaltern theory to analyze the ideological discourses at play in the novel. The analysis shows how Roy reflects the paradoxes of neo-colonial politics that emphasize unity, yet re-establish social hierarchies through exclusion. By way of Anjum and other marginalized groups, the story shows how socio-pilosity ca1 identity informs micro-experiences in which all the sea and sales power germane to post-colonized nation-states keep on being tricks in female creator’s store from religion to politics gymnastics disobliged consider open victories. The study also emphasizes the importance of alternative communities and symbolic spaces which challenge hegemonic forms of social organizations and offer new forms of belonging. The novel reconfigures the stocks of identity, power, and nation by positioning marginalized voices as agents in resistance rather than passive victims. The study concludes that Roy's work provides a robust critique of the ideological underpinnings of post-colonial nationalism, presenting an alternative vision for inclusive citizenship and social justice in modern times.
Article Info: Received: 19 Feb 2026; Received in revised form: 17 Mar 2026; Accepted: 21 Mar 2026; Available online: 29 Mar 2026
DOI: 10.22161/ijeel.5.2.9
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