Why should you read “The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy? - Laura Wright

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Dig into Arundhati Roy’s “The God of Small Things,” and follow the story of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by society’s “Love Laws.”
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Set in a small town in India, “The God of Small Things” revolves around fraternal twins Rahel and Estha, who are separated for 23 years after the fateful hours in which their cousin drowns, their mother’s affair is revealed, and her lover is murdered. The book is set at the point of the twins’ reunion and confronts the social mores of India. Laura Wright dives into Arundhati Roy’s masterful storytelling.
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@swastiksahu6889 4 года назад

The book is poetry. Even the most heart wrenching scenes are written so beautifully that you might be confused what to feel: sadness for what's happening or admiration for Arundhati Roy's writing?

@aginjithgj5354 4 года назад

Ya please don't judge the book with this video. This is not what the book leave you with

@shreyashreesarkar5141 4 года назад

I agree

@Thermopylae66 4 года назад

Both should suffice.

@ritulakhani8535 4 года назад

I almost liked mourning for the characters. I wanted to well up for them.

@saira_anonymous1599 4 года назад

Soooo true.The scene at the police station were the kids are subjected to so much of trauma,u can see them reading everythg backwards like they usually do.I cudnt help bt laugh coz they were in middle of so many things n yet here they r doing silly things.Bt later ,through the police man's character author tells us that its just the way they r dealing with the trauma,which again was so painful.On the whole,u r confused but yet u understand them❤️

@EvilSapphireR 4 года назад

Despite being an Indian, I never really focused much on Indian literature written in English. Should do that more.

@_riya_485 4 года назад

Me too ...

@silvasilvasilva 4 года назад

This book is one of the most beautiful I've ever read, you should give it a try!

@utkarshsingh8090 4 года назад

Which Indian language do you read your book in?

@nishanavneet350 4 года назад

Yes do we have such great writer's Like Manto, Ismat chugtai, Premchand and Tagore and Many more

@lordbloodraven9159 4 года назад

Mônica she is anti india and also supporter of tukde tudke gang

@silencieux4464 3 года назад

Back when I was thirteen , I stole this book from my mother's cabinet and finished reading it in two days . I miss those days when all I did was hide in the library and read with no care for anything at all ❤️

@bellamaz1972 2 года назад

Or under the covers with a flashlight after bedtime. Mom if you’re reading this, I never did this.

@zakir7318 2 года назад

i stole this book from my father's library and i m 15 haha " no care for anything at all "

@tommymartin5522 2 года назад

@@bellamaz1972 but if you don’t start caring you are destined to wither on the vine!!!

@PatrickParker 7 месяцев назад

Me too!!

@atharvavankundre4942 3 года назад

“... the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably. They don’t deceive you with thrills and trick endings. They don’t surprise you with the unforeseen. They are as familiar as the house you live in, or the smell of your lover’s skin. You know how they end, yet you listen as though you don’t. In the way that although you know that one day you will die, you live as though you won’t. In the Great Stories you know who lives, who dies, who finds love, who doesn’t. And yet you want to know again. And that is their mystery and their magic.” - Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things. Just for this quote I’d read the whole book again. Highly recommended!

@atharvavankundre4942 3 года назад

Do you guys have any great stories of your own? For me it’s the story of my grandfather, who came to the city as a boy and worked hard .

@yellowwb4183 3 года назад

❤️

@Humna...... 3 года назад

@@atharvavankundre4942 kindly guide me on which aspect I should work for Thesis on this novel

@atharvavankundre4942 3 года назад

@@Humna...... the use of English language in this book is particularly interesting. It reflects the flavour and culture of the setting. Words like lemonjuiceorangejuiceman show how the story is narrated thru the eyes of a man young child. John Updike in his review of this book said they “every great novel invests in its own language. And this one does”. All the best.

@Humna...... 3 года назад

@@atharvavankundre4942 wow ,thankyou so very much for your guidance .

@soorajs1087 4 года назад

Paradise pickles and preserves, the car, Sophie Mol, Chacko, Margaret Kochamma. All embedded deep in the mind of a reader. Absolute masterpiece by Roy. Great work TED-Ed.

@damodaranvanisri 4 года назад

True That, I read it when I was in school. 1998 maybe. The love-in-Tokyo bands, Estha and Rahel, Velutha, the expression “ Naaley” meaning tomorrow, so many more expressions and picture which lives in my brain like a memory! A brilliant masterpiece indeed!

@drananth 4 года назад

You forgot to mention Comrade KNM Pillai, the more interesting character in the plot.

@damodaranvanisri 4 года назад

Ananth Arunasalam agreed!

@soorajs1087 4 года назад

@@drananth yeah. The opportunist

@herbivore6964 4 года назад

So true. How could you ever get the image of the sky-blue Plymouth surrounded by a Marxist procession out of your mind?

@nayantarabiju1928 Год назад

The part when Estha’s train is about to start and Ammu tells him we’ll have our own house and Rahel adds in A little house and three of them talk about the future they’ll have together That broke me.

@wth0_0 4 года назад

This book is the most beautiful thing you'll ever ever read.

@sagnikray138 4 года назад

Yes❤

@theimmortalfroge2681 4 года назад

Pax would like to have words with you

@wth0_0 4 года назад

@@theimmortalfroge2681 who's pax?

@cinnamon4605 4 года назад

Eh! Exaggeration 🙄

@RosaliaMartinezRM 4 года назад

@@cinnamon4605 MAybe you didn't have the same experience as books talk to each person differently. So if you didn't feel that way, that's ok, but there is no need to knock down what she felt.

@nikiTricoteuse 4 года назад

Absolutely love/hate this book. Got to the last page and was so gutted there was nothing left of the book, l opened it to the first page and began again. The Orangedrink Lemondrink Man haunts me though.

@sharvandhananjayan2374 3 года назад

@Niki P yess..but not the orangedrink lemonade man..😀

@ajadhav9338 4 года назад

"God of small things" is a masterpiece of Indian literature! Most people in India only see Arundhati Roy as a controversial speaker... For once they should read the book

@justbeingneel4999 4 года назад

yes

@divyanidutt958 4 года назад

I have read the book, which is definitely a beautiful work of her craft. Yet, I don’t resonate with her ideology and stand.

@sridharvenkateswaran8725 4 года назад

@@divyanidutt958 Yes, don't worry, you can disagree with her ideologies. No one could ever digest the leftist ideologies. We'll resonate with it more when our country passes over to the fascist regime, while the media blindfolds our eyes and bullshits us with their lies of a perfect nation. And maybe we'll understand when India's very own version of Mein Kampf is forced down people's throats, maybe called "Hindu Rashtra"? Or maybe when people are lined up against walls and shot to death for the crime of being a minority or something, we'll all be able to resonate better then. When we're forced out of our beds and made to look past what's being presented as a pretty package, then we'll sympathize with all these people who are vocal for what's wrong in this country. But, the thing is, it'll be too late then :) For a country which overthrew colonialism only and only by dissent, protests and, raising voice against injustice, you people have major issues with the so called "controversial speakers". I find that so funny! 😂 Get a grip, wake up.

@manumudgal4988 4 года назад

@@sridharvenkateswaran8725 mr marx. Your dog is here... Please take him to heaven with you😂

@sridharvenkateswaran8725 4 года назад

@@manumudgal4988 Hehehe! 😂 Such a well-informed and educated reply from you sir! This is exactly why I love getting into discourses. I admire your wit and charm! As for Mr. Marx, even if he does like me, I'm not sure my ideologies are very much inclined towards Marxism. Thank you, I'll pass :) And hey, Naruto forever bro! 💯🍻

@clingclanglarry3327 4 года назад

A masterful book. Those final lines haunts and echoes with me whenever I remember them.

@thuse5532 4 года назад

I actually had a year in Junior High where I read the book; It IS a must-read!

@amyraami4858 3 года назад

Tomorrow

@sagnikbose4044 3 года назад

I don't remember exactly but at the end there was this comparison to a snail ... Roy is simply a genius!!!

@vinayshankar8405 3 года назад

This book was so beautifully hauntingly depressing and left me in a such a void once I finished it. I could relate to the character's exploits, politics, longing and their lost love. The prose is heavy but don't let that make you think this might be a pretentious Indian novel attempting to understand our lives. This book, the story is fiercely Indian, viciously rooted and hauntingly heart breaking!

@akshaya9209 2 года назад

Yes. I remember crying all through the night after finishing this wonderful masterpiece. All I could think was about these characters and I couldn’t even realise whom I empathised more.

@indiraperumpilavil167 3 года назад

Arundathi's books always exposes a lot of social problems faced by India. Similar is her book 'The ministry of utmost happiness'

@I_LOVE_NMIXX.ITZY.Red_Velvet_3 3 года назад

But she has no solution.

@Imjustagirlygirl 3 года назад

@@I_LOVE_NMIXX.ITZY.Red_Velvet_3 how could a single person have the solution to all social problems?

@aman26452 3 года назад

@@I_LOVE_NMIXX.ITZY.Red_Velvet_3 The solution is for idiots to give up on their long held archaic beliefs and use their rational mind for a change.

@a.f.2330 3 года назад

@@I_LOVE_NMIXX.ITZY.Red_Velvet_3 addressing the issues present in society can be considered a preliminary step to solving it. I, for one, was unaware of the extent of certain societal issues (as I have not experienced those particular ones firsthand) till I read her book

@adben 4 года назад

Great book. Find a way someday to do Chinua's Things fall apart. An African classic. Thank you

@khaliah7754 4 года назад

Yes! I read that in my high school sophomore year and really enjoyed it.

@Mascherina1964 4 года назад

Check out the Crash Course channel.

@tegarfatarosan7438 4 года назад

I really enjoy reading that book too

@EricHrahsel 4 года назад

@@Mascherina1964 wjy

@koolkatsteff3828 4 года назад

Yeah! I remember that book from high school.

@hasnatkabir9862 4 года назад

Reading it for over two years. This is my travel book, read it a little every time I am traveling a long distance. It's written in very rich words and elegant description which makes it a bit textually long compared to the story.

@Humna...... 3 года назад

Kindly guide me on which aspect should I work for Thesis on this novel

@reuben7548 2 года назад

@@Humna...... "History punishes those who break its rules" or the Love Laws that dictate "Who should be loved, and how. And how much."

@nogodbutone2450 4 года назад

'He had memories from that place. Memories he had no right to have'. Devastating.

@MR-pq8fc 4 года назад

When I went through it, I realized it wasn't a story but actually a journey through life. Reality is grim and so is this novel. Set in a village in Kerala, this novel subtly takes you through bittersweet relationships and ups and downs. 💙

@KriRama Год назад

This book gets ALL THE STARS!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s not only an amazingly powerful story of life, family, hardships, & the consequences of colonization (& ultimately…greed), But it is so eloquently written that i was in awe of every page! First time I read a book twice in a row!

@raosaha9 4 года назад

A masterpiece ...the style in which she wrote this novel is impeccable.....

@AmitSingh-fr8du 4 года назад

She has, with her work, crushed me.. It is perhaps the most connected that I've ever felt while reading.. I love her.. ❣️

@ChrisBrooks34 4 года назад

Thank you Ted-ed for showing the beauty and greatness from exposure to great books

@harsharnkaur2075 4 года назад

Man, It was such a relief finding this book... Just to see that someone was talking about the intensity of how the caste system is interlinked with the past and present of India.

@carlyvanwyk6582 3 года назад

Did a paper on this for my English Lit class. This book is truly a gem!!!

@hazeljoybaldicanas8323 4 года назад

this is one of the best book I've ever read. so glad my professor recommended this to me. it totally changed my perspective ❤️

@ennuimedic 4 года назад

I love these videos! They have made me read many great books.

@sadcena7761 4 года назад

Read*

@BruceRodriguez 4 года назад

@@sadcena7761 he wrote it right

@sadcena7761 4 года назад

@@BruceRodriguez I'm gonna give you some time to think about the irony here

@BruceRodriguez 4 года назад

@@sadcena7761 mkay

@ramyanakkeeran7499 4 года назад

It rips your heart out as you finish the book. Nevertheless a gem. So deep, so precise and precious. By far the most favorite book if mine

@Sch0lar4h1re 4 года назад

It is terribly easy to dismiss the "little things" in pain around us. The description reminds me of Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel. I'm going read this book

@santywalmiki5563 4 года назад

You must....believe me The God of small Things " Still stays with me.....its been a year i read the book.

@nuri2318 4 года назад

Hey which marquez novel you're talking about? Or are you speaking of Marquez's writing in general?

@siddheshbalshetwar3869 4 года назад

@@nuri2318 I think he's talking about one hundred years of solitude

@rosalynredwood4542 4 года назад

I cried..I laughed..for and with the characters..and I definitely loved them...but it's so gut wrenchingly upsetting that I find it hard to go back and read again. The wordplay is amazing. Definitely one of the best books.

@AJITHPJ18 4 года назад

💚💚

@mehrajdin3632 Год назад

Miss Arundhati Roy is a Gem 💎... The problem with indians is that they give more love to writers like chetan bhagat,,durjoy datta etc..... Love and respect from kashmir 💖💕

@deekshab9417 3 года назад

I never felt deeper for a story than I did for God of Small things. The searing, vivid imagery - visual, olfactory, tactile, auditory weaves a powerful picture that stays in your head- in my case, it was able to resurface the life you live as Indians, the minor details of everyday that effect you as people as you grow up, the pain of the small things that you keep hidden away thinking it doesn't count to anything but it does. I have never cried reading a book and I never felt of any characters even though I have read many books. The story telling is masterful but what is even better is that she has not only told a story but a way of life, of broken hopes, dreams, dejection that everyone has felt but never refected on. The writing regurgitates memories ( for me as an Indian) and emotions for lives that could have been anyone else's but turned out to be the characters in her book.

@hmnshurana 3 года назад

The merciless death she gave to character Velutha was an supreme example of how well a writer's pen work🖋️🔥.

@sonder5585 2 года назад

Why would you write such a thing? Please at least write spoiler alert. You've spoiled this book for me .

@hmnshurana 2 года назад

@@sonder5585 I am so sorry 😥, I'll definitely delete it 🙏

@sonder5585 2 года назад

@@hmnshurana No no just add a spoiler alert message

@hmnshurana 2 года назад

@@sonder5585 okay ,still really sorry for spoiling the book 🙏

@sonder5585 2 года назад

@@hmnshurana hey it's okay. It's even fault, partially. I shouldn't have been too inquisitive right in middle of the book. Nevertheless, it's fine!

@akhilkochuparambil 3 года назад

Aymanam my village..our culture,our nostalgia everything is there in novel

@Daykieee 4 года назад

The writing style of this book is so beautiful

@bindurenjith4469 4 года назад

Animation looks great , u guys r going wide with other literature and knowing them . ❤️❤️❤️ From Kerala

@Sonelization 4 года назад

I've read it long time ago, one of the most beautifully written books.

@Diana-bh7be 3 года назад

I read this book over five times and each time it was a different experience. Meanings of poetic representations changes with your mood. Hence I am as alaways exited to read this over once again.

@arnie3631 3 года назад

I’ve also read this five times! You notice new things each time you read it

@kirbymarchbarcena 4 года назад

When God said love one another, I think some people didn't listened very well.

@eliseraskolnikov8075 4 года назад

Prodiguousness! Saw this grandeur book in my grand dad's shelf and brought it home then.I'm apparently planning to read it after exams ! ❤️

@anubhutijain5487 4 года назад

It is a beautiful book. The animation in this video is simply splendid!

@TEDEd Год назад

Did you know TED-Ed has a channel with animations in Hindi? Check it out: bit.ly/TEDEdHindiSub

@bruhascended Год назад

46 seconds into the video and she has revealed the entire plot like wtf? I mean I get this book is more of a literary fiction book and not a suspense thriller but these hidden plot elements definitely gave me the drive to keep reading the book and I would have NOT liked the book as much I did if I saw this video before reading it.

@widowsbite3206 3 года назад

This book took away the joy of reading bad books. This is so good.

@sdd1563 4 года назад

I've been a literature student for longer than I care to remember but "God of Small Things" is one of the most memorable books I have ever read.

@turtlesama9476 4 года назад

Ted: “why you should rea-“ Me: say no more fam

@MaxChaser17 4 года назад

Added to my MUST READ list. Thank you Ted Ed!

@salazarsly7145 4 года назад

This book is the reason I set on a path of self realisation and decided to become a better person.

@timothypaulbennett 4 года назад

Simply put, one of the best pieces of literature, and by far my favourite book.

@penielmallari6958 4 года назад

I'm currently reading this book for one of my subjects in uni and this video is really helpful. Thank you!

@nogodbutone2450 4 года назад

Peniel Mallari where are u studying?

@penielmallari6958 4 года назад

Jack swagger at ateneo

@nogodbutone2450 4 года назад

Peniel Mallari I m sorry. Is that in the phillipines?

@paulfactory8645 2 года назад

YO PLEASE PUT A SPOILER WARNING! You basically just gave away the entire book in the beginning of the video itself ...

@absurdcamus6026 4 года назад

Can you do one of these types of videos for Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Stranger, or The Plague? That would be awesome!

@Eren-jb7sq 3 года назад

That's dark!!!!

@utkarshsingh8090 4 года назад

I try to read this book but is too hard for me.

@xuanphuong5184 4 года назад

Me too

@utkarshsingh8090 4 года назад

@@xuanphuong5184 don't worry try again I will too

@radhamuthurajini1965 4 года назад

Tried reading,hated the writing style

@utkarshsingh8090 4 года назад

@@radhamuthurajini1965 I get that is hard to read and message of the book is even harder to understand.

@mirramurthygiridhar2510 4 года назад

I read it. I cried, revelled, was pained. And then it became an indelible part of my psyche.

@takoyukii665 4 года назад

These videos make me interested in things that i didn't know i was interested in.

@escapistreader3860 4 года назад

The animation and narration are so powerful and evocative. This is my favourite book. I met Roy once. She is so affable. It was a dream come true.

@sonamlama5612 4 года назад

She narrates the story with such an utmost grace and carves her characters on reader's mind! Beautiful!!!

@oliveayemi.4576 4 года назад

Just Finished the book for the second time.. And every time I read this.. it serves the same emotions.. The only thing I wanted more from this book was.. more pages of it.. Hands down a brilliant piece of Art.. ♥️

@AthelstanofHwicee 3 года назад

Read this book when I was very young. I think I should reread it again.

@ahamartist9492 3 года назад

I am not a so called "reader" But I read this on a monsoon almost 3 years back. Best experience i ever had and my #1 book. Fell in love with every words.

@avocado6563 4 года назад

One of my favourites of all time. It tore me apart, left me numb. And the writing style, the little details.. I love it so much.

@Sonakshi111 4 года назад

My favorite. The language, storytelling are beyond enthralling. I loved it to bits

@RainierKine 4 года назад

I teared up a little when I heard the closing of this video. How wonderful the book must be!

@nogodbutone2450 4 года назад

Ernest Choy it's melancholic beyond words

@Alkalus 4 года назад

Read it 2 years ago. Great book. Thanks for reminding me.

@vinfinity8940 2 года назад

I have 50 pages left to read. The writing brilliance is amazing! It throws us into almost all of the social situations normal people could go through and the rotten caste system. And I would suppose Ammu was always ahead of time in views compared to the people around her but she isn't a perfect being. She becomes a more striking character for me. The story's narration of events on different timelines goes smoothly. This is how much I could say without spoilers.

@avinashasitis 4 года назад

I read it in my second year of graduation and most of it went over my head. Took it again post my graduation and had so much fun reading it. It's very well written and has beautifully crafted out characters. It also made me realise good things don't come easy and you need to put in efforts and have patience for the rewards. Some other tough books that I had to read twice are Catch-22 and The great Gatsby.

@mistermylefi831 4 года назад

I love how you make stories beautiful with your eloquent voice.

@yourkalpana 4 года назад

I love this book. Thank you for making this video.💛

@sanaashaikh4463 4 года назад

This so much more than an ordinary "classic". Arundhati Roy's writing will never cease to fascinate me

@bleumoon2u 4 года назад

One of the most glorious books I have ever read. I have immense respect for Arundhati Roy's thinking, as well as her literary prowess.

@rekhak2249 4 года назад

Exactly! I really love this book. It is my favourite among my favourites.

@halloween42 4 года назад

My favourite book of all time! Thank you Ted Ed!!

@amitavbarai8732 3 года назад

This book is a pure beauty. When I read it, I instantly got hooked to its profound prose. Just amazing!

@haroonislam172 4 года назад

The Ted Ed narrator should have been the audiobook narrator of this book. It’s never too late.

@rr-wi8fp 4 года назад

Once you realize how badly she botches up the pronounciation of their names (no hate, I understand cultural differences, but it took me a second as a native Keralite to realize when she said Velutha's name) that idea doesn't seem so good anymore.

@anchitaroy9126 3 года назад

@@rr-wi8fp As a fellow Indian, I wholeheartedly agree.

@AjayBamel 4 года назад

If words could dance then this book is a live proof of stunning performance on every page! Brilliant work!!

@damodaranvanisri 4 года назад

One of my most favourite book. Brilliantly written melancholy. A must read, the book is so vivid, the details of descriptions in the writing is so profoundly beautiful. Do read it!

@Athirapaniker 4 года назад

Thankyou for acknowledging this masterpiece. The god of small things is one of my favourite books,such beautifully written characters.Raheal Estha Ammu Velutha Chacko and Baby kochamma will always remain close to my heart.

@kewlradz 4 года назад

No doubt about the fact that this is the most beautiful book I have read till date. I remember a stranger on a train saw me reading the book and told me that it would stay with me till long after I was done with it. I had no idea she would be so right. The book still haunts me. Even if one is not from India or is not well-versed with the caste system of India, they should read this one.

@aagantuk7370 4 года назад

I said something similar to someone on another Train about 3 months ago lmao

@nogodbutone2450 4 года назад

The novel leaves me in tears each time I read it.

@taibasahaf7774 3 года назад

I love this book. It is definitely one of my favorites. However, having said that it is not for everyone. The book, as an organic whole is to me like poetry in motion. But I have talked to a few who could not get through the book and found the writing style dragged and obtuse. So those who wish to read this book must sample a few pages before deciding to dive right in.

@anushamalladi7324 4 года назад

It’s just so good that you don’t know what to feel, the heart breaking scenes just are so well written that you are amazed and at the same time heart broken you don’t just read it the style just makes you connect to characters love them cry with them hate and wonder with them it’s a masterpiece is all I can say

@shalinitiwariscorner5210 2 года назад

3:10 Arundhati Roy is often abused for being 'biased' by far-rightists. But in her book, she criticized both caste system along with cultural misogyny and so called 'developmental' reforms of Congress Party which further deteriorated the condition of marginalized areas & communities.

@AngelosGeorgopoulos 4 года назад

Dear amazing Ted-ed, I expected something like... why should I read this book. The video was a synopsis of the book. These are two different things, huh?

@arnie3631 3 года назад

The ted-ed on The God of Small Things is hardly a synopsis of the novel. The book is too complex and beautiful to summarise in a 4 min Ted-Ed

@pastedsmiley 4 года назад

I was lucky enough to have had this book as my Alevel reading. My class enjoyed discussing this book tremendously. Changed my perception of literature forever.

@nogodbutone2450 4 года назад

Hidayah Z tell me what u guys loved most.?...The lush prose, the stunning smilies, devastating facts of life

@mridulboro9638 4 года назад

I am so amazed by the animation. it perfectly portrays this novel. wow.

@akshatbhatia1 4 года назад

That is some next level Animation.Brilliant work.

@asawerabbood 4 года назад

I watched the video , googled the book , found *PDF* translated copy , downloaded it , gonna be the next *BOOK* after I finish the one I'm reading currently. please *TED* keep making this videos ❤

@calebstimpson4412 4 года назад

We just had to analyze an excerpt from this today in school... wow

@varshapremarajan9837 3 года назад

This book was going back n forth -back n forth. U know when u start a conversation about one thing n then u talk n talk...n hour later ur train of thought n talk is completely different from what u started with. That's how I felt while reading this book but alwys w.r.t the main characters. The excessive details were overwhelming n true...baring it all

@sumbulnasim45 4 года назад

Thank you for doing this on "The God of a Small Things."

@unnatichandrayan8371 4 года назад

I can never compare any book with God of small things. It's the most beautiful book I have read and will ever do. Thank you Arundhati Roy for blessing us with this. It's love, poetry , sadness, and every emotion in one 🧡❤️

@cinnamon4605 4 года назад

Please! come out of your nest and explore the world literature. Then let's see if you have the same opinion.

@nawwaf6076 4 года назад

"Another fryer went on the stove. This time smells of mustard, curry leaves and onions reached us. If this was one of those prize-winning Indian novels, I’d spend two pages on how wonderful those smells were" Lines from CHETAN BHAGAT's 2 states I remembered god of small things when I read that This video also tells that Roy feeds everything in detail No wonder I remembered the novel then

@catscats4427 6 месяцев назад

It’s not about India as a whole. It’s about the Indian state of Kerala in particular.

@diluelizabeth 4 года назад

I'm from Kerala, and still didn't know this book existed!! 🤔 So grateful for this video!! 😍

@JuriAmari 4 года назад

My friend’s been recommending this book for a while now. I definitely need to read it.

@shreya041296 3 года назад

That’s some superb animation! 😍 I love this book.

@fierytrini 4 года назад

This book changed my life!

@ritagreenwood9397 6 месяцев назад

I last read this book, it could be some twenty years ago now. I don't remember much of the story aside from the odd sentence or phrase; it's the feeling that remains. I remember it as a book I was gripped and absorbed by. I need to read it again!

@drananth 4 года назад

Arundhati Roy served us scrambled eggs as timeline in this pièce de résistance. Bought the book in 2014 but the extreme non linear timeline kept putting me off but I was certainly drawn towards the peripheral background of social conditioning and historical events in this work. Finished reading I finally did last month. It was brilliant. Creatively twisted yet twistedly creative! The language screams from the mindset and vocabulary of children from Indian households. The description of the village was spot on. The unfolding venom of certain characters has got to be a milestone in literary finesse somewhere.

@deepakjayal6846 3 года назад

It's a heart wrenching book but so beautifully written that you cannot put it down. Read it for the beauty of prose and the tenderness with which tells this sad tale.

@udhaybalamurali1563 4 года назад

For months, this book sleeping in my shelf,fortunately TED knocked on my head, Now i have to kick start this, Thank you TED ed ✌

@mangalpal8921 3 года назад

Realistic.. yet beautiful..the magic of Roy❤️

@tutansession1160 3 года назад

I finished the book 2 days ago. This is my first time reading a novel from India and I must admit, it is quiet refreshing because it opened another portal-a different page of their History-within my mind for my sole knowledge to this country is all just about abundance of culture, influence, and “spices”. I found her writing style susceptible to misapprehension at first for it reminded me of how much I hated Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger) It's disorganized but eventually, I realized that it follows a pattern on which each chapter would tackle about the future, present, and past-some chapters are intertwined with the three thus forcing me to re-read the previous paragraphs just to avoid getting confused to the ff chapters. On the other hand, I did like the brief backgrounds of each character given by the author herself as the story progresses, little by little exposing their backstory in order for us to understand why are they making up such decisions base from their perspectives and why did they come up with that sort of solution (especially on Sophie Mol’s Death). I also liked her way of describing scenes, the atmosphere from a particular setting, and the details of the everyday routine of Ammu’s twins. Her way of expressing emotions through words of her choosing are also good because I can imagine how much she had reflected in life. You can almost say that before she published the book, the author made sure that all of her opinion (humans are habit of creatures, we are fond of great stories.. etc.) about certain things are supported with profound understanding and proper judgement.

@charu2774 2 года назад

Just finished reading the book and this was the first five star read for me this year. I was absolutely blown away by the poetic prose of Roy's and the vivid description of each and every scene. Definitely would reread