Arundhati Roy- God Of Small Things

arundhati roy the god of small things

arundhati roy god of small things chapter 1. paradise pickles & preserves abhilash talkies a sunbeam lent to us too briefly politeness. obedience. loyalty. intelligence. courtesy. efficiency. an average studentsatisfactory workdoes not participate in group activities lucky press where do old birds go to die? why don’t dead ones fall like stones from the sky? you’re both whole wogs and i’m a half one. i’ve seen a man in an accident with his eyeball twinging on the end of a nerve, like a yo-yo (a) (b) there goes a jazz tune the bold and the beautifulsanta barbara

chapter 2. pappachi’s moth the sound of music meet methe bronze buckaroo the reader’s digest world atlas modern times smallordinary boot. bootsturdysturdy paradise pickles & preservesparadise pickles & preserves emperors of the realm of taste–ruchi lokatbinde rayivuemperors of the realm of tasteemperors of the realm of taste was indian express punnyan kunju cuff + link = cuff- link chhi- chhi poach reader’s digest great encyclopaedic dictionary person well disposed to the english (1) (2) (3) they were a family of anglophiles. marrydespiseto look down upon; to view with contempt, to scorn or disdain. despise humblinghumbling along without a care in the world the sound of music the sound of music read readingcome down old dog tomjanet and johnronald ridout workbooksjungle book ‘ye choose and ye do not choose.’ what talk is this of choosing? by the bull that i killed, am i to stand nosing into your dog’s den till my fair dues? it is i, shere khan, who speak! and it is i, raksha, who answer! the man’s cub is mine, lungri–mine to me! he shall not be killed. he shall live to run with the pack and to bunt with the pack; and in the end, look you, hunter of little naked cubs–frogeater–fish-killer–he shall bunt thee! the tempest the adventures of susie squirrel– malayalammadam i’m adam in future we will not read backwards. in future we will not read backwards”. reversing it is a far, far better thing that i do, than i have ever done,a tale of two cities things go better with coca-cola cochin 23 km sorry colonel sabhapathy, but i’m afraid i’ve said my say onner. runter. moonner. comrade. comrade! a rose by any other name

keto how could she stand the smell? haven’t you noticed, they have a particular smell, these paravans! sinbad. the last voyage. mutiny on the bounty

chapter 3. big man the laltain, small man the mombatti the best of donahuesomewhere over the rainbowwhere prime bodies

chapter 4. abhilash talkies abhilash talkiesabhilash talkies sound of music she climbs a tree and scrapes her knee coming soon! but how do you make her stay and listen to all you say? how do you hold a moonbeam in your hand? the sound of music. finish the drink. watch the picture. think of all thepoorpeople– –the hills are alive with the sound of musickissedbetrayed `high on a hill lived a lonely goatherd’ chhi comrade! comrade! comrade! comrade!

chapter 5. god’s own country traditional kerala umbrellatraditional bridal dowry –box ay-yoorkunnilky oower one was mad. the other die- vorced. probably barren. fine. flat and bony- colored. he washes his clothes with crumbling soap. aiyyo paavam doctor is in-doctor is out doctor is in–doctor is out orkunnundo

chapter 6. cochin kangaroos emoclew ot cbt ecips tsooc fo aidni hello wall. ende deivoinay! lee sadhanangal! how do you do? sophiekins. sophiekins.

chapter 7. wisdom exercise notebooks the insect wealth of india esthappen and rahel

wisdom exercise notebooks i hate miss mitten and i think her gnickers are torn when ulycsses came home his son came and said father i thought you would not come back, many princes came and each wanted to marry pen lope. but pen lope said that the man who can stoot through the twelve rings can mary me. and everyone failed. and ulysses came to the palace dressed liked a beggar and asked if be could try. the men laughed at him and said if we cant do it you cant. ulysses son stopped them and said let him try and be took the bow and shot right through the twelve rings.” ferus learned niether carriages bridge bearer fastened ferus learned niether ferus learned nieter margin? and joint handwriting in future, please! when we walk on the road in the town, we should always walk on the pavemnet. if you go on the pavement there is no traffic to cause accidnts, but on the main road there is so much dangerouse traffic that they can easily knock you down and make you senseless or a ~~ if you break your bead or back- bone you will be very unfortunate. policemen can direct the traffic so that there won’t be too many inwalids to go to hospital. when we get out of the bus we should do so only after asking the conductor or we will be injured and make the doctors have a busy time. the job of a driver is very fq~l~ his famly should be very angshios because the driver could easily be dead. on saturday we went to a bookshop in kottayam to buy ammu a present because her birthday is in 17th of novembre. we bore her a diary. we hid it in the coherd and then it began to be night. then we said do you want to see your present she said, yes i would like to see it. and we wrote on the paper for a little ammu with love from estha and rahel and we gave it to ammu and she said what a lovely present its just what i whanted and then we talked for a little while and we talked about the diary then we gave her a kiss and went to bed. we talked with each other and went of to sleep. we had a little dream. after some time i got up and i was very thirsty and went to ammu’s room and said i am thirsty. ammu gave me water and i was just going to my bed when ammu called me and said come and sleep with me. and i lay at the back of ammu and talked to ammu and went of to sleep. after a little while i got up and we talked again and after that we had a mi~~~ f~st. we had orange coffee bananana. afterwards rahel came and we ate two more bananas and we gave a kiss to ammu because it was her birthday afterwards we sang happy birthday. then in the morning we had new cloths from ammu as a back- present. rahel was a maharani and i was little nehru. if i am talking to somebody you may interrupt me only if it is very urgent. when you do, please say “excuse me.” i will punish you very severely if you disobey these instructions. please complete your corrections. her we be of one blood, thou and i!left leg, right leg my dear estha, how are you? i am well. ammu died yesterday. welcome home, our sophie mol

chapter 8. welcome home, our sophie mol homescale preservations clarified malayala manorama chacko saar vannu what happened to our man of the masses? aiyyo kathtam you sundari kutty. oower oower

kushumbi, the antly church would be empty and the antly bishop would wait in his funny antly bishop clothes, swinging frankincense in a silver pot. and nobody would arrive. after he had waited for a reasonably antly amount of time, he would get a funny antly bishop frown on his forehead, and shake his head sadly. he would look at the glowing antly stained-glass windows and when he finished looking at them, he would lock the church with an enormous key and make it dark. then he’d go home to his wife and (if she wasn’t dead) they’d have an antly afternoon gnap.

chapter 9. mrs. pillai, mrs. eapen, mrs. rajagopalan chapter 10. the river in the boat welcome home, our sophie mol bananajam crush ripe banana. add water to cover and cook on a ~ hot fire till fruit is soft. sqweeze out juice by straining through course muslin. weigh equal quantity of sugar and keep b~. cook fruit juice till it turns scarlet and about half the quantity evapoarates. prepare the gelatin (pectin) thus proportion 1:5 ie: 4 teaspoons pectin. 20 teaspoons sugar. add the pectin to concentrated juice. cook for a few (5) minutes. use a strong fire, burning heavily all around. add the sugar. cook until sheeting consistency is obtained. cool slowly. hope you will enjoy this recipe. oh dear. vallom ammooma

chapter 11. the god of small things counts estha, here’s your name on them in ink. no, sweetheart, there won’t be a river there to fish in. look, estha, i’ve written our address on it. all you have to do is fold it. see if you can fold it yourself.promise me you’ll write? even when you don’t have any news? esthapappychachen kutappen peter mon.

chapter 12. kochu thomban chapter 13. the pessimist and the optimist pretendfinish your bomework. eat your egg. no, we can’t not go to school. holiday! how could the stand the smell? haven’t you noticed? they have a particular smell, these paravans. like animalslike a dog with a bitch on beat.forever thaiy thaiy thakka thaiy tbaiy thome–no one i can’t imagine what came over me,i can only put it down to the effect of the tranquilizers. i had no right to behave the way i did, and want you to know that i am ashamed and terribly, terribly sorry.

chapter 14.

work is struggle work is struggle. struggle is work. org kaaryam parayatteyketo allay di where gategate. road stones. sky. rain. gate. road. stones. sky. rain. one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty twenty-one twenty- two twenty-three twenty- four twenty- five twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty- nine. it’s happeningit has begun. enda? it is not in the party’s interests to take up such matters. individual’s interest is subordinate to the organization’s interest. violating party discipline means violating party unity. progress of the revolution. annihilation of the class enemy. comprador capitalist. spring-thunder. tomorrowtomorrow when the rain stops.

chapter 15. the crossing things will get worsethen better.

chapter 16. a few hours later holiday! if it weren’t for you i would be free. i should have dumped you in an orphanage the day you were born. you’re the millstones round my neck! there

chapter 17. cochin harbor terminus which brand of mouthwash do you usually use? listerine, state the reasons for your preference: tangy taste. fresh breath. occupation:ornamental gardening (dip) roch. u.s.a. i lovc you i love you. i love you i love you love you i love you their beautiful mother’s mouth,ammu’s mouth. pack your things and leave, natas ni rieht scye maybe they’re right,maybe a boy does need a baba.

chapter 18. the history house excuse me, would you, umm... you wouldn’t happen to umm... i don’t suppose you’d have a

cigar on you? no?… no, i didn’t think so. quick piss. hot foam on warm stone. police- piss. drowned ants in yellow bubbly. deep breaths. desperado caught in police dragnet blood barely shows on a black man. it smells though. sicklysweet. like old roses on a breeze. madiyo? madi aayirikkum,

chapter 19. saving ammu hail mary, full of grace… playing? then what happened? chhi-chhi ra-ra-ra-ro-rum parum-parum. meeshas little man. he lived in a cara-van. dum dum. yes. ***

chapter 20. the madras mail rombo maduram. to stop train pull chain ot pots niart llup niahc before that, estha. be practical. what about your studies? but that will be never! but ammu that will be never! godbless, my baby. my sweetheart. i’ll come for you soon! chacko, where do old birds go to die? why don’t dead ones fall like stones from the sky? we be of one blood, thou and i!

chapter 21. the cost of living certain certain youngness, i have to go. tomorrow? tomorrow. yes, margaret,. we do it to each other too. “naaley.”