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Literature, Linguistics & Criticism

Personal is political: the alchemy of happiness in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

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Article: 2326251 | Received 15 Nov 2023, Accepted 28 Feb 2024, Published online: 15 Mar 2024

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