Arundhati Roy

Various myths, prevalent in cultures across the world, have time and again been adopted by scholars to have penetrating and meaningful insights into the unexplored realms and unveil several mysterious and multi-dimensional facets of human existence. The myth of Sisyphus, being the part of both Greek and Roman mythologies also happens to be one of such kinds. The myth narrates the tragedy of Sisyphus, the king of Corinth (Ephyra) who was considered as the craftiest, wisest and most prudent of the

Although desire presents itself in many charged forms in The God of Small Things, we can view the plot of the narrative as a series of disrupted yet connected events that are propelled by, or a product of, individual resistance fuelled by a Desire to Transgress. This plot of individual resistance is represented through the female protagonist Ammu and her daughter Rahel, as a foil of her mother, and is most explicit in the ending of the novel, when they both commit sexual acts that violate the conditions

his sister and even his wife. Ammu’s inter-religious marriage is abused but Chacko’s relation with low caste woman is accepted in the name of Man’s needs. In this novel, marriage is a trap for all and no marriage is successful. In the novel, Arundhati Roy has depicted the worst social and economic conditions of women. Ammu is divorced and lives with her parents and brother, Chacko, who treat her as well as her children in a terrible manner. She is divorced and a divorced woman has no respectable

said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside.” ― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things INTRODUCTION The God of Small Things is a novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy. This novel is debut novel of Arundhati Roy and known for wining booker prize, one of the most prestigious awards in the English-language literary world. Roy started writing her first novel (The God of Small Things) in 1992 and novel got completed in 1996. The publication of The God of Small Things gave Roy to international fame. In year 1997 it

Arundhati Roy Presents a slice of life in a small Indian town where male hegemony as well as Androcentric power relation are prevailing on the other hand, she depicts different types of male and female identity challenging myths. This novel depicts the feministic elements, caste and class gender, political and childhood exploitation. It does not deal with one particular theme. It encompasses all the social issues. The dominance of patriarchal voice and treatment of Dalits and women are mainly focused

relational connections. The clashing enthusiasm of man and lady in the general public thus of self-stating ladies, who are engaged in intense scan for their personality, is the lobby characteristic of present day depiction of female characters. Arundhati

bring about change. As a result, he was sentenced to prison for 27 years for trying to overthrow the government. Many revolutionist, such as Arundhati Roy and Martin Luther King Jr., explain in their essays how the role of the citizen is to stand against injustice, and how the government labels them as anti-national because of it. In her piece Come September, Roy talks about tragic events from around the world that

Literature is the art of expression of the imaginative and emotional sensitivity of human beings. It employs language as a medium of expression. Novel is considered to be a powerful literary expression to explore the experiences and the ideas within the context of time in which the author lives. Indian English literature which plays a significant role in the post colonel era became the global literature. Indian English literature was started in India during British rule. Indian English writers

In Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things the characters must try to understand the explicit and implicit boundaries surrounding their lives. The protagonists Estha and Rahel, a set of fraternal twins struggle with the boundary between their lives and the past. Through almost a century of westernization, India’s past and culture had become flooded with the ideologies of the West. As the twins try to understand their past, they end up seeing history finally catch up with Velutha an Untouchable that

The“God of Small Things is a debut novel of Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins. Their lives are destroyed by the “Love Laws” that lay down “who should be loved, and how. And how much”. (1998: 168) The novel explores how the small things affect people’s behaviour and their lives. It is the history-through-hear-say of a family of Syrian Christians in Kerala. It looks at everything in the spirit of comedy. There is a lot of a devastatingly, sardonically,