Similarly, Velutha's relationship with Ammu was at the cost of his life. The indifference Ammu faces is mainly because of the fact that she is a woman, who is "unworthy" of being educated. The people in authority, be it the institutions of law, religion or education have formulated different laws for different people. The God of Small Things questions how certain people are relegated to the margins, and how crossing the prescribed limits take a heavy toll on their lives.
It lays bare the double standards of the society, and the overt gap between preaching and practice. The novel discusses issues of sex, caste, religion etc.
A strain of pessimism touches throughout the strands of the non-linear narration of the novel. The Booker Prize winning The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy is a highly political novel that revolves around the lives of the fraternal twins Estha and Rahel.
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