Velutha as Re-Incarnation of Bakha in The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy has painted Velutha's character as an untouchable man, belonging to a low caste. He is a paravan and suffers untold misries in the hands of people whose attitudes are guided by the age-old caste system. Roy has created a powerful character in Velutha. By creating Velutha, Roy has enriched the brilliant gallery of immortal characters of Indian English fiction. Velutha is a commentary on all the decadent values and deep-ischolar_mained orthodox prejudices that perpetuate the prevailing unjust system denying the basic joys and comfort of life to paravans. Velutha's story in The God of Small Things is very much similar to that of Bakha's in the novel Untouchable. Bakha and Velutha are characters portrayed in two different age groups. Both belong to a low caste and therefore predicaments are the same. They share the same burning problems leading to agony and misery.Their agony crossed all human boundaries. They are Dalits. They are sweepers. Both Bakha and Velutha are one in line with innumerable millions who have been at the receiving end of a hierarchal social system. That has resulted into segregation, self alienation; self-denial and isolation of an entire class. Mulk Raj Anand and Arundhati Roy have made serious attempts to express their affirmation of human values and freedom.