The God of Small Things

"Colonised people are not simply those whose labour has been appropriated but those whose soul dwells an inferiority complex created by the death and burial of the its local cultural originality" How true is this statement?

I agree with this statement to quite a large extent. I think that souls of colonized people dwell an inferiority complex created by both the colonial rule and the death and burial of the local cultural originality. Moreover, I believe that ` inferiority complex' and the `death and burial of cultural originality' will later become two components of a vicious circle as time goes by.

It is easily understood that colonized people are those whose physical labour has been appropriated. People's lives are always affected by government, politics and economy. Colonised people are under the rule of a foreign country and their government is run by a foreign ruler. They have to obey the laws set up by the government. So, theirs lives are actually controlled by the foreigners and theoretically, they are properties of the foreign ruler.

I think that colonial rule will create inferiority complex among the colonized people. Evidences can be found in the book "The God of Small Things". The book is set in India. India was defeated by Britain many centuries ago and then became a British colony. During the colonial rule which lasted for more than a century, the British helped to develop India and hence, raise the living standard of the Indians. The stable lives under British rule showed a big contrast with the poverty and famine which were commonly found in the past under the rule of the local government. The Indians started thinking that their culture is inferior to that of the foreign ruler.

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...at "death and burial of the local cultural originality" creates inferiority complex among colonized people. However, as times goes by, their inferior feeling makes people accept more foreign ideas. As more foreign ideas are accepted and foreign culture is having greater impact on people, local cultural originality may be forced to "die". Then, a vicious circle is created.

On the whole, it's absolutely correct to say that "colonized people are not simply those whose labour has been appropriated but those whose soul dwells an inferiority complex". This inferiority complex is not just created by the death and burial of the local cultural originality but also by colonial rule. Moreover, the inferiority complex among people and the death of cultural originality are complementary, they will be in a vicious circle as time passes by.