This novel repeatedly discusses laws that "lay down who should be (*)  loved.
Characters in this novel make banana jam despite it being illegal for being "too thin for jelly and too thick for jam." A child in this novel convinces herself that another character's evil twin Urumban, whom he'd jokingly invented when she asked him about his attendance at a communist rally, was the one who was savagely beaten by police in the History House. This novel repeatedly discusses laws that "lay down who should be (*)  loved. And how. And how much." In this novel, the family business Paradise Pickles and Preserves is kept afloat by the maintenance man Velutha, whose relationship with Ammu breaks caste lines. At the end of this novel, the twins Estha and Rahel begin an affair. For 10 points, name this only novel by Arundhati Roy.
Characters in this novel make banana jam despite it being illegal for being "too thin for jelly and too thick for jam.
The  God of Small Things 