Roy is of the opinion that everyone in the world ought to have access to basic necessities including food, housing, and medical care. Findings: This study attempts to show that environmental issues need a lot of attention in order to gradually tackle the main problems and the effects of COVID-19 on the environment and society. Qualitative research is done based on the available literature. The secondary sources, scholarly articles in journals are. Methodology: The primary sources of information are the texts’ The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’. Purpose: This paper examines the environmental concerns of Arundhati Roy as expressed in her fictional writings, assessing the impact of her thoughts and views on the human endeavour to curb environmental hazards. Borders seem impossible to cross when the conflict is thoroughly interiorised like in the case of the Delhi hijras, or has grown uncontrollable like in the civil war for Kashmir’s independence, yet they prove transgressable in the characters’ everyday practice. In the description of both hallucinatory violence and small, gentle moments of harmony and cooperation, Roy portrays the divided, postcolonial/neocolonial India where conflicts are constantly emerging on religious, political, social and sexual levels. The new novel is a patchwork of narratives focused around two main characters, the transsexual Anjum and Tilo, the ever revolting architect involved in the civil war in Kashmir. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017) bears the mark of Roy’s vast experience in the field of political and environmental activism, her militant approach towards social injustice.
While Arundhati Roy’s first novel, The God of Small Things (1997) mostly focused on the tragic outcomes of the rigid Indian caste system and found its place in the tradition of Marquezian magic realism and Salman Rushdie’s mythical and exotic portrayal of India, her second novel offers a complex description of a divided society.
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