... situation in India in general. Another way of looking at it is also that although Velutha is a God Of Small Things he made Big Things happen. He was the god of small lives, lives of the Ipes as they were all in different ways affected by him. This also emphasizes the fact that Indian people struggle to assert their own identities after Independence. It is making Big Things out of Small Things. God Of Small Things is also depicted as someone who can do only one thing at a time, the God Of Loss. That is how Ammu imagines Velutha in her dream (p.217). The fact that "it is a cheerful man with one arm" also links to the idea that Velutha's abilities were limited by the fact that he is a Paravan. Instead of two things which one can do at a time with two hands, he can ...

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