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About the Book

This book is a critical appreciation of the two English novels; The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy and The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. The God of Small Things won the prestigious Booker Prize in 1997. The book talks about social laws, caste-system, communism, forbidden love and male-dominated family system. Arundhati Roy is an architect and screen writer. The book contains her personal experience and her mother’s real struggle.
The Inheritance of Loss won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2006. The book talks about Gorakhaland movement in India, effects of colonialism, globalization and immigration leading to loss of identity. Poverty and guilt can also be considered as sub themes of the novels.
The two novels of Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai won the prestigious Booker Prize. Both the books reveal the themes of post colonial identity and conflict between tradition and modernity. Both the novels comment on gender and class with autobiographical undercurrent.

About the Author

Dr. Abhay Mandibai Balbhim Shinde, Professor in English has 16 years experience of teaching English language and literature to UG students. Besides being a teacher, he is a research guide, resource person, poet, author and soft skill trainer. He writes in English and Marathi Daily regularly. He had been an IQAC coordinator for 5 years. He works on various committees in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. His student orientation, extension activities and social work made him popular among students and parents. He works voluntarily in farmers, senior citizens and widows. Presently he is Head in the Department of English at Adv. B. D. Hambarde Mahavidyalaya, Ashti, Dist. Beed, Maharashtra, India.