Strong images ranging from class struggle, gender discriminations, and anglophilia framed the order of the day in Ayemenem. Arundhati Roy in this debut novel of hers gave very detailed and vivid descriptions as she explored the world from the eyes of her protagonists, ranging from the young Rahel Ipe to Chacko Ipe, the failed Rhodes Scholar from Oxford. The story is wittingly written as with each passing chapter the writer switches across chronological orders, forcing us to concentrate and dragging the reader deeper into the myths and paradigm of the1960 Indian subcontinent. A war that has made us adore our conquerors and despise ourselves”ĭespite being written almost 22 years ago, there is so much about this book, the god of small things, that echoes our contemporary lives.
A war that captures dreams and re-dreams them. And we cannot understand the whispering, because our minds have been invaded by a war. And when we try and listen, all we hear is a whispering. “And when we look in through the windows, all we see are shadows.
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