Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Giana asks if in the dream, does Velutha having just one arm have any significance to the story. I think it does, but I am not sure I am right. I believe that Velutha cannot save Ammu because he only has one arm, and in real life, he is not her "saviour" because he is only an untouchable. I am not sure, but there must be something in Indian culture about arms because isn't there a god who has many for a reason. Someone find out!
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OK I found a very cool website called http://www.indiayogi.com/content/symbolism/
which has the answers to many questions about Indian culture and customs. One of the questions regarding many armed gods explains that they were given multiple arms to symbolize a difference and superioty over human race. Since having more than two arms means you are higher and more divine than human beings, maybe having ONE arm (Velutha) means that he is lower than human race...which is the same as him being untouchable. I'm not sure how reliable this site is, but the explanation it gives makes perfect sense
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