<P> The story is set in Ayemenem , now part of Kottayam district in Kerala , India . The temporal setting shifts back and forth between 1969 , when fraternal twins Rahel and Esthappen are seven years old , and 1993 , when the twins are reunited at the age of 31 . Malayalam words are liberally used in conjunction with English . Facets of Kerala life captured by the novel are Communism , the caste system , and the Keralite Syrian Christian way of life . </P>
<P> The story is set in Ayemenem , now part of Kottayam district in Kerala , India . The temporal setting shifts back and forth between 1969 , when fraternal twins Rahel and Esthappen are seven years old , and 1993 , when the twins are reunited at the age of 31 . Malayalam words are liberally used in conjunction with English . Facets of Kerala life captured by the novel are Communism , the caste system , and the Keralite Syrian Christian way of life . </P>
where does the god of small things take place
where does the god of small things take place
Ayemenem , now part of Kottayam district in Kerala , India
Ayemenem , now part of Kottayam district in Kerala , India