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A radical protestor on his 12th year of a hunger strike, Dr. Azad Bhartiya is passionate about a number of leftist causes, from the end of corruption to the end of US imperialism to the end of “price-rise.” He has written an extensive document detailing his positions on a variety of political issues, and listing his various academic qualifications (although a Ph.D., he admits, isn’t technically one of them; his doctorate is pending). When Miss Jebeen the Second is kidnapped off the pavement at the protest, the police question Dr. Bhartiya about the baby’s disappearance, knowing he sees everything at Jantar Mantar. But the doctor says nothing, although he knows that Tilo has taken the baby. He is the one who puts Tilo in contact with Saddam Hussain, so she can escape to Jannat Guest House and Funeral Services, where he himself is a frequent guest.
Dr. Azad Bhartiya Quotes in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The The Ministry of Utmost Happiness quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Azad Bhartiya or refer to Dr. Azad Bhartiya. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4 Quotes
“But even if I was President of America, that world class Brahmin, still I would be here on hunger strike for the poor. I don’t want dollars. Capitalism is liked poisoned honey. People swarm to it like bees. I don’t go to it.”
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Dr. Azad Bhartiya Character Timeline in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The timeline below shows where the character Dr. Azad Bhartiya appears in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4
Dr. Azad Bhartiya is the last person to see the baby before she disappears. He has been on...
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Next to Dr. Azad Bhartiya is a small bag from a shopping mall, that contains several typed pages in English...
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Dr. Azad Bhartiya confesses that he is not technically a doctor, as his PhD is pending. But he...
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For all 12 years of his hunger strike, Dr. Azad Bhartiya has been at Jantar Mantar, the place of protest. While he sees so many groups...
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Seemingly out of nowhere, Dr. Azad Bhartiya changes the line of discourse with the rhetorical question, “What caste am I? That is...
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Dr. Azad Bhartiya believes he is on 24-hour surveillance by the government on account of his radical politics....
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Dr. Azad Bhartiya has seen the baby disappear, and, in the moment that he saw this, he believes...
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Chapter 8
...or suspects her of kidnapping. Still, she wants to be cautious, and asks her friend Dr. Azad Bhartiya for advice. He suggests that she and the baby flee to Jannat Guest House and...
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Chapter 10
One morning, Dr. Azad Bhartiya comes to Jannat Guest House and Funeral Services with a letter. Anjum, Tilo, Saddam Hussain...
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...know what the correct rituals [are] for the funeral of a communist.” The next day, Dr. Azad Bhartiya arrives at the funeral home with a red flag, in which they wrap Revathy’s letter...
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