The God of Small Things

লেখিকা : Arundhati Roy
Characters in "The God of Small Things

* Ammu - Rahel and Estha's mother, sister of Chacko, daughter of Pappachi and Mammachi.
* Baba - Rahel and Estha's father, tried to beat Ammu and prostitute her, later re-married, of a lower caste than Ammu.
* Baby Kochamma (Navomi Ipe) - Pappachi's sister, aunt to Chacko and Ammu, and grandaunt to Sophie Mol, Estha, and Rahel.
* Chacko - Brother to Ammu, son of Pappachi and Mammachi, father to Sophie Mol and divorced from Margaret Kochamma.
* Comrade Pillai - Leader of the local communist party.
* Estha (Esthappen Yako) - Rahel's twin brother, son of Ammu and Baba.
* Father Mulligan - Baby Kochamma's love interest. A Roman Catholic.

* Joe - Second husband of Margaret.
* Kari Saipu - English paedophile who lived in the History House before Estha and Rahel arrived in Ayemenem; Vellya Pappen pins his ghost to a tree with his sickle, ghost remains there asking for a cigar.
* Kochu Maria - Housekeeper to Rahel, Grandmother.
* Larry McCaslin - ex-husband of Rahel, travels to India to teach and falls in love with Rahel, bringing her back to the USA with him.
* Mammachi (Shoshamma Ipe) - Blind. Wife of Pappachi, mother of Chacko and Ammu, grandmother of Estha, Rahel, and Sophie Mol. Also founder of the family pickle factory.
* Margaret Kochamma - Chacko's ex-wife, mother of Sophie Mol.
* Murlidharan - Homeless, insane person who crouches naked on the welcome sign for Cochin. Carries keys to his last residence around his waist expectantly.
* Orangedrink Lemondrink Man - Paedophile from Estha's past.
* Pappachi (Shri Benaan John Ipe) - Father to Chacko and Ammu, grandfather to Estha, Rahel, and Sophie Mol. He was an imperial entomologist.
* Rahel - Estha's twin sister, daughter of Ammu and Baba, divorced from Larry McCaslin.
* Sophie Mol - Cousin of the twins, daughter of their uncle Chacko and Margaret Kochamma.
* Inspector Thomas Mathew - Police inspector who interviews Baby Kochamma on the night Velutha dies. Somewhat ambivalent about his men's practices of beating Untouchables nearly to death with no substantiated reason.
* Urumban - Velutha's imaginary twin brother.
* Kuttappen - Velutha's paralyzed brother.
* Velutha - The title character, local carpenter, an untouchable (lower social caste) by birth.
* Vellya Paapen - Velutha's father, a Pariah.

The God of Small Things (1997) is a politically charged novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of a pair of fraternal twins who become victims of circumstance. The book is a description of how the small things in life build up, translate into people's behavior and affect their lives. The book won the Booker Prize in 1997.

The God of Small Things is Roy's first book, and as of 2009[update], is her only novel. Completed in 1996, the book took four years to write.