J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci., 4(9S)123-129, 2014 © 2014, TextRoad Publication ISSN: 2090-4274 Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences www.textroad.com * Corresponding Author: Dr. Muhammad Usman Ghani, Department of English (FLL) IIU H-10 Islamabad. Faculty of Higher Studies National Univ. of Modern Languages H-9 Islamabad. usman.ghani@iiu.edu.pk Synonym-izing Globalization and Ecological Imperialism through God of Small Things Muhammad Usman Ghani, Sadia Rehman Department of English (FLL) IIU H-10 Islamabad Faculty of Higher Studies National Univ. of Modern Languages H-9 Islamabad Received: September 12, 2014 Accepted: November 23, 2014 ABSTRACT This paper is based on the broader spectrum of globalization which entails assimilation of culture and politics. Globalization ‘innocently’ suggests bridging all gulfs between the diverse cultures and landscapes for greater ‘good’. Refuting the claims of the globalists, this paper argues that globalization has merely brought about the financial, cultural, psychological, emotional and environmental degeneration in the developing countries. Roy’s God of Small Things is used here as a vehicle of this argument as it portrays the cost of the dream of globalization for the countries on the margin. Roy is at her best attempting to subvert the impacts of Western imperialism in the form of globalization on countries like India and Pakistan. The aim here is to investigate how Roy relates the (dis)integration of indigenous people’s lives with the globalization and ecological imperialism. For a clear theoretical understanding of the issue, Appadhuri’s perspective on Globalization and Crosby’s notion of Ecological Imperialism are used to relate our point of view with that of Roy. Content analysis and close-reading are used as techniques to interpret Roy’s novel. This paper would be useful to understand how the powerful states maintain their hegemony through globalization. KEY WORDS: God of Small Things; Globalization; Ecological Imperialism; Colonialism; South Asia; India; Pakistan 1 INTRODUCTION Roy’s God of Small Things (1996) is the realistic depiction of the hidden tactics of the imperialistic (mostly Western) world which scavenges on the developing countries draining them massively not only of their natural resources but also the cultural values. Roy, through her straightforwardly blunt style, makes no bones about uncovering the hidden motives behind the slogans of globalization which aims to homogenize the Indian culture by turning the world into a global village. The aim through this paper is two-fold. On the one hand, it relates colonialism and globalization with ecological imperialism tracing its side effects; on the other hand, it analyses the disintegration of an Indian family unity and values due to its hybridity and proximity with the foreign culture. Globalization is aptly called imperial in its nature as it clearly reflects the motives of the international imperialist forces also reflecting the response of the local communities (colonized states) in adopting the ways of the ruling states. It is evident of the same unequal power relations prevalent at the time of colonization. The difference, however, is only to the extent that it was when the rules were physically and forcibly there to control the colonized nations; but now it is achieved by supplying the ways and tools of so-called modernity. History is repeated in the same dimension but with different scheme. So globalization and the colonization are the two sides of the same coin still controlling and hegemonising world’s people and resources. It seems that the movers and the shakers of the world, after the decolonization, found other ways to control the developing countries, i.e., the fastest communication network, ‘supra-national operations of economics’ and cultural ‘commodification’. Globalization is not a straightway of controlling the masses as it had been in vogue in the times of direct colonization. Rather it is systematic, complex and indirect way of maintaining the domination. Globalization did not emerge all of a sudden rather it developed as a result of European industrialization, scientism and as an offshoot of imperialism. It decodes the colonial rhetoric. Before going into the details of textual evidence it is important to understand the connotation of the term “Globalization” and its connection with colonial and ecological imperialism. 123