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Who is the author of the book “The God of Small Things”?
A
William shakespeare
B
William Wordsworth
C
Arundhati Roy
D
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Arundhati Roy is the author of a number of books, including The God of Small Things, which won the Booker Prize in 1997 and has been translated into more than forty languages.

Detailed explanation-2: -Velutha’s identity as the God of Small Things is reinforced at the end of the book when we learn about Ammu and Velutha’s first romantic encounters. Since they know it’s impossible for their love to exist in the real world, they never talk or think about the future, or the “big things"; they stick to the here and now.

Detailed explanation-3: -Among other things, the title refers to Velutha as the god of small things, as is revealed in the chapter titled “The God of Small Things". It is Ammu who names him as such, when she realises this, after she dreams of him. The dream shows how the man embracing her can only do one small action at a time.

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