VOLUME-1| ISSUE-4 | October-December, 2026

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Dr. Bhoopendra kumar Tripathi
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Abstract

This paper examines the multiple feminist voices in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things. It argues that Roy exposes patriarchy, gender double standards, female sexuality, and how caste, class, and family power intensify women's oppression. Ammu, the central feminist figure, challenges patriarchal norms through divorce and her forbidden relationship with Velutha, an Untouchable. Roy presents women not only as victims but also as resisters, while showing that women like Baby Kochamma and Mammachi can uphold patriarchal control. The paper emphasizes intersectionality—Ammu's gendered suffering is inseparable from Velutha's caste oppression—and concludes that women's liberation cannot be separated from the liberation of other marginalized groups, as the "Love Laws" violently reinforce both caste and gender hierarchies.

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