Global Journal of Human-Social Science, A: Arts and Humanities, Volume 22 Issue 11

© 2022. Most. Umme Atia Khatun. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ 4.0/. Diversity of Maternal Image in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness By Most. Umme Atia Khatun Pundra University of Science and Technology Abstract- Despite the rise of scholarly interest in maternal theory and observation, motherhood studies is a relatively new concern in India which has started over the last decade. Usually, the concept of “Motherhood” has the societal obsession with biological affinity associated with dominant social mores around “sacrosanct” marriage. Scholars of motherhood studies have tried to show the difference of mother, mothering and motherhood. They have included ‘non-biological mother’ in it, which has received less concern and, to some extent, no critical consideration. The theorization of “Motherhood”, mostly under feminist consideration, was dealt by renowned scholars like Adrienne Rich, Sarah Ruddick and, Barbara Katz Rothman, who have tried to show motherhood in a different light, unlike the traditional representation of it. Collecting information from motherhood studies and queer theory, this article will focus on the diverse images of motherhood sketches by Man Booker-winning Indian writer Arundhati Roy in her second novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Keywords: motherhood, non-biological, queer motherhood, heteronormative, diversity. GJHSS-A Classification: DDC Code: 618.10231 LCC Code: RG951 DiversityofMaternalImageinArundhatiRoysTheMinistryofUtmostHappiness Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: A Arts & Humanities - Psychology Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Volume 22 Issue 11 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: