Psychological Behaviour and Women's Liberation in Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things"

Arundhati Roy's works prominently feature women navigating complex social structures and challenging patriarchal norms in India. Her female characters, like Ammu and Rahel in The God of Small Things, often face oppression within a rigid, caste-based society, yet they also embody resistance and resilience. Roy's narratives highlight the injustices inflicted upon women through patriarchy, love laws, and social taboos, while also exploring themes of female agency and empowerment. Indian women are mainly oppressed because the country is built around a patriarchal mind set. Patriarchy is a social system in which each and everything in the family is controlled and decided by the males. They have the roles of political leadership, moral authority and property ownership.