Velutha the God of Sins- Study of a Dalit in Roy's The God of Small Things

Abstract

The God of Small Things, a Booker Prize winning novel by Arundhati Roy, is preeminently a powerful novel of protest. It is, as the novelist herself says, about transgressions. The Children Rahel and Estha, do not accept adult boundaries while Ammu and Velutha transgress the code of society. The novel covers in its canvas other issues such as suppression of women, casteism, untouchability, cross-cultural relationship and social prejudices.
Keywords: novel of protest; transgression; adult boundaries; casteism; untouchability and social