About The Book
The white tiger of this novel is Balram Halwai, a poor Indian villager whose great ambition leads him to the zenith of Indian business culture, the world of the Bangalore entrepreneur.
On the occasion of the president of China’s impending trip to Bangalore, Balram writes a letter to him describing his transformation and his experience as a driver and servant to a wealthy Indian family, which he thinks exemplifies the contradictions and complications of Indian society.
My Thoughts
I have read this book long back. Initially, I liked the book. However, when I read this recently, I didn’t like it. Overall the book seems really pretentious.
As the main characters are a concern, they are written without any depth. Balram was annoying to the point where I felt like stop reading. He is disengaged and pretentious. It seems like his activities are being justified on a constant basis. Overall the book feels like a strange depiction of half-baked characters.
To be very honest I really don’t like people trying to exploit poor India, portraying it as the real India.
Overall, it is an ok read.
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About the Author
Aravind Adiga was born in 1974 in Madras and grew up in Mangalore. He was educated at Columbia University in New York and Magdalen College, University of Oxford.
His articles have appeared in publications such as the New Yorker, the Sunday Times, Financial Times, and The Times of India. His first novel, The White Tiger, won the Man Booker Prize in 2008. His second novel, Last Man in Tower, was published in 2011.
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