The God of Small Things

[MrHampusalgotsson]

this is crap

[dinasepulueda]

This is so inspiring. aww! ? Thank you for sharing this.

[dropdeadbeauti]

One of the most beautiful books that I have read. Period.

[dubtafoo]

What an idiot, America has culture too .. Rock n Roll .. BBQ's, fourth of July, thanksgiving, free speech, movies .. what the hell is he talking about?

America's movies are watched the world over. There was a show that asked an Indian boy his favorite singer .. he said "50 cent" .. another said "Michael Jackson"

How can someone say America has no culture without being misinformed?

[classifieds103]

@dubtafoo By culture, people usually mean a set of traditions that give you national identity. If someone says they like "rock and roll", it doesn't necessarily mean you're American. As you said, it is an anonymous trait. But if someone said "I enjoy watching Kathhalaki dancers" this past time is recondite to Indian culture and therefore indicative of an Indian cultural identity. I'm not saying only Indians like Indian things, Chinese Chinese, etc, but that there are definitive traditions

[indiaunity]

i love india so i am a fan of ur ideas....bz i hope a true socilism will come only from true communism.....it has only a nationalism..but the shame thing is we had forgotted our great heross like subhash chandra bose and bhagath sing...they were followed true ciommunism and socialism....they give us freedom ..then why we call gandhiji....it may b a fake .... follow my facebook id indiaunity

[Itwasmeikilledher]

i really didnt want to like this book coz the narrative style is exactly what i hate about a lot of modern literature, but gotta be honest, i loved it. i still felt that she overdid a bit of the description through the twin's minds, but i slowly got used to it. good stuff.

[JasminaVk18]

What's that song which starts at 1:50?

[gabK008]

I liked Velutha, he sounded hot :)

[FrnzFanon]

Btw 'God of small things' is a Nietzschean reference. We are small things, all things are small including us. God has unleashed a universe of small things, we are, the universe is the unfolding of accidents, errors - entropy. And it seems that Roy's vision is as prescient as Nietzsche's - the war is virtually lost though she battles on. How else to hang on to our own indivdual humanity - become inhuman?

[rabia1233]

Can someone please tell me the name of the tune in the beginning of this video? Thank you!

[cheegum]

"Challa" by Punjabi MC

[RanjanLekhy]

@ddchalmers

hey dude, 'The Lord of Small Things' is not a philosophy. it is a novel about Indian society. read first then comment

[ddchalmers]

I posed a question, I did not make a statement, uhh. UR too ignorant to answer, then, #RanjanLekhy.....???

[RanjanLekhy]

@ddchalmers

Great ! I agree I am so ignorant. But it is the wrong place to post your philosophical questions! LOL

[ddchalmers]

Arguing again, or jus dictating, @RanjanLekhy ??? Yr contentious mind is evr a problem - for U! LOL

[RanjanLekhy]

Appease ! No argument and no dictating! But think of youself! Do you not think that your mind is contentious? I gave you just suggestion! Your questions were good and those should be posted in proper place!

[ddchalmers]

@RanjanLekhy, I am here but U still haven't answered the question.....

[ddchalmers]

"...we are all to blame..... because the problem is us..."

Indeed, the God of Small Things IS the Creator of the whole Universe. It has created humans as well as small + large. It has created he + she.....

But who R we...? WHY do we exist...??? WHY were we created at all???

There must have been a reason.....

[blestcurst]

velutha died

[kevin7dave]

yup best book ever, only book that took my emotions for a rollercoaster ride man, aarrgghh

anyway this vidoe is nicely mixed, can anyone tell me th songs on th video

[renna2005]

the song that starts around 4:02 is "Challa" by Gurdas Mann/Panjabi MC, from the album Beware.

[lucybean975]

Best book ever. She not only pushes language completely out of its narrow boundaries but deals with just about every single form of abuse of power--from political to familial--in one single volume. And she does it just by telling the story: never imposes herself between the reader and the story itself.

Past amazing.

[double0meg]

I agree lucybean975.

She writes beautifuly. 'The God of Small Things' is my fav book!!

Its a shame she's not written any more fiction.

[requiem4neverland]

there is another one now,

hope u hv read it by now,

"Listening to Grasshopers"

[music2themax4me]

nice...

[daxchiick]

your all crazy.. that was greatly done i think..

[shimzi81]

not after reading the book.

the book is a masterpiece...no movie will do

[daxchiick]

i read the book and i agree the book is amazing.. i dont think i was talking about this movie...

[judhajit]

the tracks are great.. I need them too!!!...

[chrisgelb]

Sophie Mol.

Thimble-drinker

Coffin-cartwheeler.

hahahahaa!

i ♥ the book. smartly written.

[juzu4me]

Great video..I just finished reading the book, absolutely fantastic. Indian authors are unbelievable. I have a new appreciation for India after reading the book. Growing up in Canada we are taught that we are so lucky to live in Canada, because in India we would be deprived. Now that I'm older I see that it was all propaganda. I hope to visit India someday

[coldplayiskool]

@juzu4me you would be deprived if you were in one of the lower casts.

[imsabbah]

Really nice video, great edits. Cheers.

[marysarmento]

I love the soundtrack! can you tell me the name of the songs you're using?

[gulrothai]

I've read the biography of Arundhati Roy. She's a brave woman. I will, soon as I can, read the book, because I'm very interested in the issue about the caste system in hinduism and its problems.

[sfcub69]

You took the words out of my mouth. I just watched her 'Come September" reading in my history class today, and felt this overwhelming inability to keep from fidgiting. This was because I was confronting something very sober within myself that was literally shaking itself from me. My thought was, "how do I write like she does?" Maybe not the same topic, but with the understanding and authenticity that she tells her story - that's what I want to do.

[Yatsuhiko]

she's a fucking crazy bitch who doesnt know how to write a book worth shit

[albspamz31]

are you engaged to literature?...can you please check the internal settings of yourself before judging the works of others?

[Yatsuhiko]

"can you please check the internal settings of yourself "

i dont know what the fuck you ment by that.

im not a computer

and i do have a rite to critisise the book. Because i have read it.

[shimzi81]

you were not been able to read it huh?

[nickglais]

Hnduism misunderstood ? Yes there have been liberal and democratic interpretations of Hinduism but its practice especially now with Bharatiya Janata Party brings shame

[Radian1991]

The Caste System or varna-ashrama has been one of the most misrepresented, misinformed, misunderstood, misused and the most maligned aspects of Hinduism

Source:Search Hinduwisdom on google the website is the first search result.

[bizatch77]

amazing C=

[Jibbie49]

At least he mentions over population as a problem. Women need to have birth control, so they can care for the child they have without starving that child, because she continues to have more she cannot feed.

[PineMythros]

Women have birth control available, but less power to demand its usage in a marrage - this problem needs addressing first

[nhmiede07]

Great compilation, Zara. The excerpts from that book remind me a lot of Rushdie's The Moor's Last Sigh.

PS - I want those tracks too.

[laurenro132]

hey! its beautiful! now I have to go read the book...

[sozaka]

niiiiiice :) soo i really want the tracks you used. share??

[bolshybrat43]

yay zara...now all u need is someone who brews illicit booze!

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