up his profession With full confidence he easily surpasses his fellow workers who are jealous of him But he does not bother about that Though Velutha is untouchable in the eyes of his fellow workers he is more than conscious about his duties to the working class A trade unionist Velutha's participation in the workers' march has created ripples in Ammu and others in the Ayemenem family He emerges as a brave trade unionist who succeeds in erasing his identity as an untouchable by fighting for the rights of the downtrodden in his white shirt and mundu This is very significant for us Velutha as a lover Velutha lives the life of a lover and Ammu the young divorcee makes him a lover His relationship with Ammu develops gradually But the other members of their family don t accept this love affair It was a time when the unthinkable became thinkable and the impossible really happened It intensifies after Ammu returns with her children to her parent's home When he was a kid Velutha used to make little wooden toys for Ammu though he was to place them in her outstretched hand he would not touch her Eventually she stops flattening her hand out By allowing him to touch her on the river bank on a moonlit night Ammu breaks down the social barriers that divide them Ammu dreams of Velutha If he held her he couldn't kiss her If he kissed her he couldn't see her If he saw her he couldn't feel her A victim of societal rules or Velutha s Tragedy Velutha the rebel disregards societal rules in favour of love For this he pays a very deadly price However by our standards he does nothing wrong by loving Ammu He is falsely involved though everyone knows that Sophie Mol's death was an accident It is Baby Kochamma who makes Estha give evidence before the police that Velutha has a hand in kidnapping them This ultimately leads to the death of Sophie Mol She also tells the police that he has threatened them at their house Though Velutha is almost innocent in the affair that he had with Ammu everybody of the touchable states that he is a true villain who should be stoned to death Where they really lived Where the Love Laws lay down who should be loved And how And how much The members of the Ayemenem family Comrade Pillai and the police play their heinous roles to finish off Velutha the untouchable The way he is tortured to death by police would perhaps be one of the most breathtaking descriptions in any fiction In termination we can say that Velutha is an untouchable and tragic character in the family drama The God of Small Things Velutha has tragic flaws but his ill-treatment by the police and others rouses our pity and fear Velutha represents the untouchables who have been traditionally ill-treated and will continue to be treated so