Cross-cultural Transplantation and its Effects on Human Well-being in “The God of Small Things”

Abstract

Many critics and research scholars have explored the familial, social, political, and sexual issues along with class discrimination and traditional love laws in ‘The God of Small Things’. But most of them paid the least heed to the cross-cultural transplantation manifested in the form of various love affairs and family bonding among the leading characters in the story. Apart from trying to locate and interpret them, the present research tries to disclose how the traditional caste and social principles, values, and beliefs react to these relationships and employ all possible means to silence the voices that attempt to defy age-old views in pursuing their fulfillment. The present paper, therefore, attempts to delve into various relationships in the novel to expose how patriarchy, socio-economic, and religious stratification interfere with those affinities that deteriorate the physical and mental health of the characters.