Cast and Religious Discrimination in Arundati Roy's Novel The God of Small Things

Abstract The novel The God of Small Things by Indian writer Arundathi Roy is set in Kerala and it is deeply rooted in the Kerala culture of 1960s. It follows matriarch Ammu’s family through both ordinary and tragic events, focusing most memorably on her two twins Estha and Rahel. The accidental death by drowning of a visiting English cousin has a pivotal effect on their young lives. Ammu is not supported by her family and lead a suppressed life. Her unsuccessful intercaste marriage caused her life, her own family isolated her. After knowing the affair with a untouchable man, she was kicked out of her family. On account of the affair the innocent man was beat brutally and killed.