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The term "Syrian Christian community" is sometimes used to refer to the entire Christian population of Kerala, which lies on the southwest coast of Peninsular India. The presence of Christianity in most of India largely reflects the work of missionaries during the western colonial era, particularly after the early 19th century.

Syrian Christians maintain their customs, which share some similarities with Hindu customs and rituals. For the same reason, after conversion they follow the caste system of .

We know that the caste system divides Hindus into four main categories: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras. Many believe the groups descended from Brahma, the Hindu god of creation.

The upper class of Hindus who convert to Christian they cannot agree lower class people. They believe they were upper class so, lower class Hindu cannot they same with them. That is why they could not get rid of customs.

In reality we know that, Christian people has no caste-system, but we see that

Arundhati Roy's God of Small Things contains a number of references or indications of the history of the Syrian Christian community.

The Ipe family also Syrian christain. They also follow the caste system, they could not agree to marry Ammo with Hindu people, the second Time we see Velutha who is untouchable. The Ipe family disagrees with the relationship between valutha and ammo for customisation. Velotha dies for baby Kochamma’s Conspiracy because he was from a low caste.

Untouchable, A member of the lowest caste Hindu group or a person outside the caste system, mainstream Christians do not follow custom rims. In The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy uses the character of Velutha to explore the caste system and in particular the idea of the untouchables. She shows how society views untouchables by showing how the characters treat Velutha, an untouchable. His relationship with Ammu shows how friendly people are to untouchables as well, but also how untouchables fit in with other untouchables as there is no one else for them. Mainly, Roy compares being an untouchable to having a disability. Roy writes about the untouchables who have physical disabilities. .In her dream Ammu sees a man with her. "...a happy man with a hugged her In the novel, Roy shows how society views the untouchables. He speaks of the untouchables being separate from the touchables. “Pappachi would not let paravans (untouchables) into his house. Nobody would. touched. This clearly shows that the untouchables were separated from the rest of society because they were given less freedom and fewer rights. They were like second-class citizens in their own country. Continuing on this point, Roy describes that "Paravans were expected to drag themselves backwards with a broom and sweep their footprints lest Brahmins or Syriac Christians soil themselves by accidentally stepping in a Paravan's footprints Estha and Rahel enjoy being with Velutha and see him as a friend. You even touch it. This shows that this notion that there are untouchables in society is just another attempt at self-expression. This is because the children are unaware of the caste system and still befriend Velutha. It also shows that untouchables cannot relate to untouchables, only to untouchables. This would provide a possible reason for the relationship between Ammu and Velutha. Velutha is untouchable. Roy also describes Ammu as something of an untouchable. He has a bad reputation in society. That's because she's married to an outsider. his religion, then bore him two children and later divorced him. For Ammu, having two children is similar to having a disability and therefore makes them even more untouchable. This clearly shows that Ammu feels that the children are holding her back and that she cannot do as she pleases.

Velutha plays an important role in this novel as she helps Roy and introduce the idea of untouchableism into the caste system. She clearly shows that untouchables are treated badly by most people, even though they are necessary, like mammachi. don't let him into the house even though he is an asset to the factory. But the novel also shows that society, even in a communist region, creates this idea that people belong to an underclass. And Roy seems to be too. against this idea of the caste system, as it clearly shows that the character itself is human and kind, yet is different only because of society.