The God of Small things

I stopped reading this book twice in the middle. At last I managed to finish it on my third attempt.

When I completed the book, I really liked it. In fact I loved it.The book is very well written with a different interesting style. The way the story is narrated and the relationship between the twins is portrayed is amazing. I agree that as always Arundhati criticizes anything and everything, but they are some facts that people don’t prefer to be discussed.

The story starts with the return of Rahel to Ayemenum to see her twin brother Estha. The story goes from past to present and then to future and then back to past. It keeps rotating, that makes her one of the finest story tellers in India.

She criticizes the communists in kerala via her character called K N M Pillai, who even though talks in favor of Pelayans(The Untouchables), actually hate them. Then she tells us about the caste system in Kerala, how the untouchables are treated by the Upper Castes.

She introduces our Kerala Police in a very funny way. “The inspector taps Ammu’s breasts with his Baton as though he was choosing mangoes from the Basket.”

Everything changed in Ayemenum after Ammu an Upper Caste Syrian Christian lady have sex with a lower caste Pelayan called Velutha(The God of small things, The God of loss, The God of Goose Bumps and Sudden smiles). When their bodies met, it was as if the whole universe was conspiring to destroy them.

Finally she even criticizes Draupadi, our own Panchali.
“Draupadi(strangely angry only with the men that won her,not the ones that staked her). Has sworn that she will never tie up her until it is washed in Dushasana’s blood”. True right?

So in short, a must read book. :)

Gem

They say am my company’s Gem. And they gave me an award too, the first of its kind. “The Star of the month”.

I am on Top of the world. It’s not just an award to me; it’s much more than that. It’s the recognition for my 1 year’s hard work. It’s a proof that I am not that bad or rather am good. It’s something I had decided when I left my old company.

On the last day in my Old Company, we had a team meeting. Just before the meeting ended, I gave a short speech. I don’t know if I had offended someone with this which I should not have done as I was leaving, but still I said it.

"After 2 and half years, I am leaving my company, my first company. The one that made me what I am. I am going to miss everything like hell.

But I feel I was never recognized here. In my 2 and half years in this project, I never got an award, never a good appreciation. It may sound funny, but am really very sad about that.

In my 30 member team 29 of them got at least one Award. All these days, I have seen people getting awards. I have always clapped and encouraged them. As I clapped, I used to think “Yeah someday my turn will come".

Few months back I worked assiduously for 90 days including weekends, holidays. True, I cribbed and cribbed, but I still worked to my best. Even after that project, you said I didn't do what was expected out of me. I still don't understand what more you expected from me. Why for everyone else you expect something and from me you expect something else. I did lot of extra things which my project mates never did. I strongly feel that I deserve an award more than anyone in this room.

Now I am leaving my company without an award and yes I am sad as I will never get one from here. This time I can't console myself saying "Yeah someday my turn will come". “

Anyway now am really very happy. “Alhamdulillah”.
Hope I’ll continue working like this. “Insha Allah”