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He always lives on the margins of society and is intentionally prevented from getting into the central place He is very intelligent and skilled As Mammchi says in one place he would have been a fine and competent engineer had he not been a proven He was protected and brought up by Ayemenem House family They accepted that Velutha was a talented boy He is intelligent and sensitive He is a mechanic and a keen craftsman John Klein a carpenter from a carpenter s guild in Bavaria came to Kottayam and spent three years with the Christian Mission Society conducting a workshop with local carpenters Velutha worked with zeal catching a bus to Kottayam He finished his schooling when he was sixteen years of age He emerged as an accomplished carpenter Velutha reassembled the bottle sealing machine and put the factory back on its feet Velutha maintained the canning machine and the automatic pineapple slicer
His talent was multifarious Roy claims that Velutha was talented and had a passion for personal growth But his urge to move forward and progressive temperament is obstructed by his low origin It is from this family that the painful and unjust discriminatory actions follow reminding him that his indispensable identity is his caste and they are with this decrepit society in segregating him on the basis of his birth
