The God of Small Things - Book Review

I have been thinking of writing reviews(book/film/newspaper) on the blog since long now. This one is what i wrote as an assignment long time back.
The God of Small Things won Arundhati Roy a booker prize in 1997.

'Set in the background of marxist Kerala it is a story revolving around two di-zygotic egg twins, Estha and Rahel.
It talks at length about their childhood and their various good and bad, learning experiences. A major mistake by both of them leads to the death of one of their cousins as a result of which they have to stay separated from each other for close to 20years.
The relation between their divorcee mother and her paramour, an untouchable, has an important underpinning in the story. the inner cravings of a woman for her lover, and their child-like love has been aesthetically projected. the story warrants our attention towards the way women and lower class have been mis-treated in society since long. The stark inequalities between the male and female counterparts , and high and low classes have been depicted well with innocence of the twins forming the background.
It gives us an insight into the thinking process of a child which is as pure as white snow and seeks no harm for their close ones. Contrasting this is the prudent thought process of their aunt Baby Kochchama which is heavily governed by her antiquated beliefs about the way society should function.
The lesson story teaches is explicitly stated in the following lines from the book itself:
"Theirs no time to lose
i heard her say
Cash your dreams before
they slip away..."